A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common

A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common

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

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.

There is a point in portraying surface vulgarity where tragedy and comedy are very close.

There is a point in portraying surface vulgarity where tragedy and comedy are very close.

Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit.

Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit.

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

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

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of taste.

Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of taste.

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