Quote by Alice Kimberly

Erudition without pedantry is as a rare as wisdom itself.

— George Sarton

The clear and simple words of common usage are always better than those of erudition. The jargon of the philosophers not seldom conceals an…

— Andre Maurois

“How could someone so rude, condescending, and assholish have this effect on me? Was assholish even a word?”

— lyra parish

“Some views are truly bad enough that they deserve repudiation rather than accommodation. To”

— John Corvino

“Simple, sincere people seldom speak much of their piety; it shows itself in acts rather than in words, and has more influence than homilies…

— Louisa May Alcott

“He possessed that quality in his profanity of not offending by it.”

— Owen Wister

“A wicked tongue: Slander, gossip, cussing, sarcasm, poisonous tongue, bearing false witness, and murmuring.”

— Ana Mendez Ferrell

“It is an utter violation of good breeding and training to speak or to behave in a way that disrespects, embarrasses, or otherwise denigrates…

— Maureen Lang

“[F]amiliarity with traditionally hallowed writings tends to breed, not indeed contempt, but something which, for practical purposes, is almost as bad - namely a…

— Aldous Huxley

“Without self-discipline, your streams of grace become a flood of disgrace. Never let indiscipline weigh you down for critics to pick mockeries on.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“Reverence reduces hostility.”

— Toba Beta

The ecclesiastical writers, who, in the heat of religious faction, are apt to despise the profane virtues of sincerity and moderation.

— Edward Gibbon