Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar.

Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar.

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.

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.

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 simply the conduct of other people.

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

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.

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.

A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common

A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common