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

There are no people who are quite so vulgar as the over-refined.

There are no people who are quite so vulgar as the over-refined.

Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar.

Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar.

I love luxury. And luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence of vulgarity. Vulgarity is the read more

I love luxury. And luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence of vulgarity. Vulgarity is the ugliest word in our language. I stay in the game to fight it.

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.

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.

No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime

No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit.

Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit.