“It makes a body ooze sarcasm at every pore, to go about Rome and Florence and see what this last generation has been doing with the statues. These works, which had stood in innocent nakedness for ages, are all figleaved… — Franklin J. Meine Copy Share Image
“It makes a body ooze sarcasm at every pore, to go about Rome and Florence and see what this last generation has been doing… — Franklin J. Meine Copy Share Image
“Whitman and the Bible are no more obscene than Nature herself—no more obscene than a manure pile, out of which come roses and cherries.… — Franklin J. Meine Copy Share Image
“Gently, slowly, with no profane inflexions of voice, but irresistibly as though they had the headwaters of the Mississippi for their source, came this… — Franklin J. Meine Copy Share Image
“With Clemens it may truly be said that profanity was an art—a pyrotechnic art that entertained nations.” — Franklin J. Meine Copy Share Image
“Sort of amusing it was—and gay—not like real swearing, 'cause he swore like an angel. (Quoting Katy Leary)” — Franklin J. Meine Copy Share Image
“Human taste is a curious thing; delicacy is purely a matter of environment and point of view. (Quoting John Hay)” — Franklin J. Meine Copy Share Image
