As Hazel marched down the hill, she cursed in Latin. Percy didn’t understand all of it, but he got , , and a few choice suggestions about where Octavian could stick his knife.
It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.
Even if you insult him, he gives you his blessings; such a one only is the Gnani Purush [The enlightened one]!
Is it me you're describing, or yourself?
You look lousy,' he said. Jace blinked. 'Seems an odd time to start an insult contest, but if you insist, I could probably think up something good.''No I mean it. You don't look good.''This is from a...
I've just learned about his illness let's hope it's nothing trivial.
Alive ridiculous and dead forgot?
Good for you Woods. You're not as dumb as you look. Come to think of it, no one's as dumb as you look.
Injuries may be forgiven but not forgotten.
One of the surest signs of the Philistine is his reverence for the superior tastes of those who put him down.
One cannot have the same love for getting insulted (apmaan) as he does for getting importance (maan), can he? He cannot love loss as much as he loves profit, can he?
When someone attempts to insult you know that they are inadvertently giving away what would insult them.
Listening to the Fifth Symphony of Ralph Vaughan Williams is like staring at a cow for 45 minutes.
One will become shameless if he does not fear insults in the worldly life. And in nischay [determination in the spiritual life] if one does not fear being insulted, he becomes independent.
Be quiet! Anyone can spit in my face, and call me a criminal and a prostitute. But no one has the right to judge my remorse.
Abuse a man unjustly and you will make friends for him.
I am reading Proust for the first time. Very poor stuff. I think he was mentally defective.
In regards to maan (to seek importance from others), a man will become impudent if he keeps getting insulted up to a point. If he gets maan (importance from others) to a certain level, he grows strong...
Be thou as chaste as ice as pure as snow thou shalt not escape calumny.
It seldom pays to be rude. It never pays to be only half-rude.