As always, the British especially shudder at the latest American vulgarity, and then they embrace it with enthusiasm two years read more

As always, the British especially shudder at the latest American vulgarity, and then they embrace it with enthusiasm two years later.

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

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.

Expressions of disapproval are on a level of vulgarity that cannot be tolerated. The way to express disapproval is to read more

Expressions of disapproval are on a level of vulgarity that cannot be tolerated. The way to express disapproval is to do without applause.

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.

A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common

A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common

Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit.

Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit.

Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of taste.

Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of taste.