No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime

No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime

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.

Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of taste.

Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of taste.

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.

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.

The undressed is vulgar - the nude is pure

The undressed is vulgar - the nude is pure

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.

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

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