Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other people.

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other people.

Vulgarity is the rich man's modest contribution to democracy.

Vulgarity is the rich man's modest contribution to democracy.

No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime

No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime

By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and read more

By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and pretend to be somebody else

Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit.

Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit.

To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor.

To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor.

Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar.

Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar.

A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common

A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common

Vulgarity is more obvious in satin than in homespun.

Vulgarity is more obvious in satin than in homespun.