Rudeness Quotes - Page 2

• Tal vez las mayores groserías de nuestro tiempo no provengan de la insensibilidad de los extraños, sino de la solícita actitud de los íntimos, que creen que sus críticas francas son siempre bienvenidas, y que se sienten libres de "ser ellos mismos" con quienes quieren, lo que resulta significar ser su peor yo, reservando su mejor comportamiento para los extraños.

  Judith Martin

  Amistad, Creer, Significar

  Judith Martin (1996). "Cortesía común: en el que Miss Manners resuelve el problema que desconcertaba a Mr. Jefferson".

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• Vanity and rudeness are seldom seen together.

  Johann Kaspar Lavater

  Vanity, Together

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• If you can be Kind in the Land of Rudeness, you can be King in the Land of Kindness.

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Kings, Kindness, Land

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• Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.

  Eric Hoffer

  Work, Power, Weakness

  Eric Hoffer (1996). "El estado pasional de la mente"

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• Inappropriateness is funny to me. Rudeness is hilarious.

  Zach Galifianakis

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• If you are going to be rude, be quick about it.

  Mason Cooley

  Rude, Gone, Ifs

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• Spite and ill-nature are among the most expensive luxuries in life.

  Samuel Johnson

  Luxury, Spite, Ill

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• What king has he not taught state, as Talma taught Napoleon? What maiden has not found him finer than her delicacy? What lover has he not outloved? What sage has he not outseen? What gentleman has he not instructed in the rudeness of his behavior?

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Kings, Gentleman, Sage

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.113, Рипол Классик

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• Inconsiderate, rude behavior drives me nuts. And I guess the inconsiderate rudeness of social ineptitude definitely fuels my work.

  Cindy Sherman

  Nuts, Rude, Fuel

  www.interviewmagazine.com. November 23, 2008.

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• It is terribly rude to tell people that their troubles are boring.

  Daniel Handler

  Sympathy, People, Rude

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• Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Literature, Appreciated, Manners

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• Living en famille provides the strongest motives for rudeness combined with the maximum opportunity for displaying it.

  Quentin Crisp

  Opportunity, Rude, Motive

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• Folly often goes beyond her bounds, but impudence knows none.

  Ben Jonson

  Folly, Impudence, Knows

  Ben Jonson (1756). “The Works of Ben. Jonson: Underwoods. Timber; or, Discoveries made upon men and matter. Horace, Of the art of poetry [with an English translation by Jonson]. The English grammar. Leges convivales, rules for the Tavern Academy. The case is altered”, p.78

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• America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.

  Lord Byron

  America, People, Rude

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• Un hombre debe tener cualidades muy eminentes para mantenerse sin ser educado.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Men, Quality, Polite

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• Una naturaleza ruda es peor que una naturaleza bruta tanto más cuanto el hombre es mejor que una bestia: y los que son de naturalezas civiles y disposiciones gentiles están tanto más cerca de las criaturas celestiales cuanto los que son rudos y crueles lo están de los demonios.

  Margaret Cavendish

  Men, Rude, Devil

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• The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness.

  Paul Theroux

  Sarcastic, Rude, Manners

  Paul Theroux (1976). “The great railway bazaar: by train through Asia”

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• La sociedad está infectada de personas groseras, cínicas, inquietas y frívolas que se aprovechan de los demás, y a las que ninguna opinión pública concentrada en las buenas maneras, formas aceptadas por el sentido común de todos, puede alcanzar; los contradictores y rijosos en las mesas públicas y privadas, que son como terriers, que conciben como deber de un perro de honor gruñir a cualquier transeúnte, y hacer los honores de la casa ladrándole hasta perderlo de vista.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Dog, Sight, Cynical

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life”, p.407

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• If somebody tells you an obviously untrue story, on the Continent you would remark, "You are a liar, Sir, and a rather dirty one at that." In England you just say "Oh, is that so?" Or "That's rather an unusual story, isn't it?

  George Mikes

  Liars, Dirty, Stories

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• Except in streetcars one should never be unnecessarily rude to a lady.

  O. Henry

  Rude, Should

  O. Henry (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of O. Henry (Illustrated)”, p.1144, Delphi Classics

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• There are errors which no wise man will treat with rudeness while there is a probability that they may be the refraction of some great truth still below the horizon.

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Sabios, Hombres, Errores

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Henry Nelson Coleridge (1839). “On the Constitution of the Church and State According to the Idea of Each”, p.279

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• The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be; because he shows you, by his manner, that he thinks it mere condescension in him; and that his goodness alone bestows upon you what you have no pretense to claim.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Men, Thinking, Proud

  Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). “The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author”, p.312

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• Vivimos en una época de decadencia. Los jóvenes ya no respetan a sus padres. Son groseros e impacientes. Frecuentan las tabernas y no tienen autocontrol.

  R. Buckminster Fuller

  Niños, Yo, Personas

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• Love, patience, and meekness can be just as contagious as rudeness and crudeness.

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Patience Love, Meekness, Contagious

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• Many of our newly smart would rather be found murdering their children than being kind to their parents. They would prefer to be damned for rudeness than to be snickered at for courtesy.

  Irwin Edman

  Children, Smart, Parent

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