Scurrility Quotes

4 quotes by 3 authors

• I praise God for you, sir: your reasons at dinner have been sharp and sententious; pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, audacious without impudency, learned… — William Shakespeare
• Alas, irreverence has been subsumed by mere grossness, at least in the so-called mass media. What we have now, to quote myself at my most… — Tom Lehrer
• You must not think that a satiric style allows of scandalous and brutish words; the better sort abhor scurrility. — Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon
• Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood. — William Shakespeare

Who Wrote These Scurrility Quotes

3 authors contributed a total of 4 Scurrility Quotes as follows:

• 2 Scurrility Quotes by William Shakespeare
• 1 Scurrility Quote by Tom Lehrer
• 1 Scurrility Quote by Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon