Vulgar Quotes - Page 3
Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the good how far,-but far above the great.
'The Progress of Poesy' (1757) l. 122
Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot explain away.
Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts”, p.156, Oxford University Press on Demand
Primitivism has become the vulgar cliché of much modern art and speculation.
Marshall McLuhan (2011). “The Gutenberg Galaxy”, p.125, University of Toronto Press
"Downton Abbey: Series Three. Episode 3". TV Series, 2010 - 2015.
The proportion of genius to the vulgar is like one to a million.
"Aphorisms on man. Translated from the original manuscript of the Rev. John Caspar Lavater, citizen of Zuric. ; [One line from Juvenal]" by Johann Kaspar Lavater, 1790.
Letter to Hannah More, 14 October 1787, in 'Letters'
Homer (1791). “The Iliad: Of Homer. Translated by Mr. Pope. ...”, p.335
george darley (1862). “the works of beaumont and fletcher.”, p.30
EMILY POST (1950). “ETIQUETTE”
So must the writer, whose productions should Take with the vulgar, be of vulgar mould.
Edmund Waller (1722). “Poems ... Fifth edition, with several additions never before printed”, p.139
A gentleman is calm and spacious: the vulgar are always fretting.
Confucius (1909). “The Sayings of Confucius”
Carl Van Vechten (1996). “The Tiger in the House”, p.177, Courier Corporation
He that departs with his own honesty For Vulgar , doth it too dearly buy.
Ben Jonson (1856). “Poetical Works of Ben Jonson. Edited by Robert Bell”, p.27
The worst vulgarity is to avoid vulgarity solely on the grounds that it is vulgar.
Tanith Lee (2013). “The Silver Metal Lover”, p.55, Hachette UK