A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common

A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common

Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure.

Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure.

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.

We are not naïve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict read more

We are not naïve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their job.

If a man's mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure.

If a man's mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure.

The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity

The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity

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.

Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible.

Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible.