My English text is chaste, and all licentious passages are left in the obscurity of a learned language. – Edward Gibbon Category: Profanity, Swearing, Vulgarity
To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor. – Alexander Pope Category: Profanity, Swearing, Vulgarity
The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him. – John Ruskin Category: Profanity, Swearing, Vulgarity
It pays to know the enemy – not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend. – Margaret Thatcher Category: Time
Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes. – Klemens Von Metternich Category: Moderation
