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.

The undressed is vulgar - the nude is pure

The undressed is vulgar - the nude is pure

A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common

A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common

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.

Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of taste.

Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of taste.

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.

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.

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.

Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar.

Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar.