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The Church of Rome ... has become the most lawless den of thieves, the most shameless of all brothels, the very kingdom of sin, death and hell; so that not even antichrist ,if he were to come, could devise any addition to its wickedness.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Asking a man if he could be trusted was like asking an unwed girl if she was a virgin. The question mattered, but the asking of it was a gross insult.
Orson Scott Card
You have got to be careful quoting Ronald Reagan, because when you quote him accurately it is called mudslinging.
Fritz Mondale
It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.
Seneca (Seneca the Elder)
If a man could say nothing against a character but what he can prove, history could not be written.
Samuel Johnson
Young people soon give, and forget insults, but old age is slow in both.
Joseph Addison
Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.
Sam Brown
A generous confession disarms slander.
Thomas Fuller
Granny Weatherwaz was a witch. That was quite acceptable in the Ramtops, and no one had a bad word to say about witches. At least, not if he wanted to wake up in the morning the same shape as he went to bed.
Terry Pratchett
A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults.
Louis Nizer
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 guy ho has all the sex appeal of a penguin. Look, I realize you may be jealous that the good Lord didn't deal you the same chiseled hand he dealt me, but that's no reason to-' 'I am not trying to insult you.' Simon snapped.
Cassandra Clare
A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.
Oscar Wilde
I owe you a small thanks, for you have made me far more sure of my own position by letting me see the case for free choice put forward with all the energy of so distinguished and powerful a mind, but with no other effect than to make things worse than before.
You are thought here to the most senseless and fit man for the job.
William Shakespeare
For hardly any of the ecclesiastical writers have handled the Divine Scriptures more ineptly and absurdly than Origen and Jerome.
Insults should be well avenged or well endured.
Scottish Proverb
Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
St. Bernard
Calumny is only the noise of madmen.
Diogenes
Slanderers do not hurt me because they do not hit me.
Socrates
Let nobody speak mischief of anybody.
Plato