Adversity Quote by Epictetus

Wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vile; Filths savour but themselves.

— William Shakespeare

“The group of people that are insulting the society with ungodliness are those that are out rightly known with ungodliness and those that try…

— Sunday Adelaja

The worthless and offensive members of society, whose existence is a social pest, invariably think themselves the most ill-used people alive, and never get…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

They are eloquent who can speak low things acutely, and of great things with dignity, and of moderate things with temper.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

There are the those whose own vulgar normality is so apparent and stultifying that they strive to escape it. They affect flamboyant behaviour and…

— Katherine Dunn

There are so many highly esteemed ones who became miserable and humiliated just because of their bad temper and morals; and humble people who…

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them.

— Anonymous

Remember that other people may be totally wrong. But they don't think so. Don't condemn them. Any fool can do that. Try to understand…

— Dale Carnegie

Vulgarized knowledge characteristically gives birth to a feeling that everything is understandable and explained. It is like a system of bridges built over chasms.…

— Czeslaw Milosz

The insolence of the vulgar is in proportion to their ignorance. They treat everything with contempt which they do not understand.

— William Hazlitt

Obstinacy and contention are common qualities, most appearing in, and best becoming, a mean and illiterate soul.

— Anonymous

People who expect deference resent mere civility.

— Mason Cooley