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The clear problem of the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such. Criticism, ridicule, sarcasm, merely stating an alternative point of view to the orthodoxy, can be interpreted as insult.
Rowan Atkinson
(also about
Prejudice,
Attitude,
Originality
)
Some wounds run too deep for the healing.
Joanne Rowling
(also about
Life
)
There are two insults which no human being will endure: The assertion that he hasn't a sense of humor, and the doubly impertinent assertion that he has never known trouble.
Sinclair Lewis
(also about
Humour,
Irony,
Mankind,
Trouble
)
But I didn't understand then. That I could hurt somebody so badly she would never recover. That a person can, just by living, damage another human being beyond repair.
Haruki Murakami
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
William Blake
(also about
Wisdom,
Truth,
Evil,
Lie
)
It’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn’t hurt you.
Harper Lee
Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds, they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
(also about
Relationships,
Family,
Conflict
)
Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it.
John Donne
But the disparaging of those we love always alienates us from them to some extent. We must not touch our idols; the gilt comes off in our hands.
Gustave Flaubert
(also about
Love,
Abhorrence
)