Vulgarity Is Quotes
Alice James (1934). “Her Brothers Her Journal”
Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness.
"Taken Care Of" by Edith Sitwell, (Ch. 19), 1965.
"The Condemned Playground". Book by Cyril Connolly, 1945.
Physics in the ContemporaryWorld (1947)
Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.114, Courier Corporation
Vladimir Nabokov (2011). “The Annotated Lolita: Revised and Updated”, p.412, Vintage
The physicists have known sin; and this is a knowledge which they cannot lose.
Physics in the ContemporaryWorld (1947)
'The Longest Journey' (1907) ch. 26
Oscar Wilde, Peter Raby (2008). “The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays: Lady Windermere's Fan; Salome; A Woman of No Importance; An Ideal Husband; The Importance of Being Earnest”, p.212, Oxford Paperbacks
Solomon Schechter (1909). “Abraham Lincoln: Memorial Address Delivered at the Lincoln Centennial Celebration of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America”
There are no people who are quite so vulgar as the over-refined.
Mark Twain (2012). “The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book of Quotations”, p.4, Courier Corporation
John Ruskin, John D. Rosenberg (1964). “The Genius of John Ruskin: Selections from His Writings”, p.59, University of Virginia Press
To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor.
'Miscellanies' (1727) vol. 2 'Thoughts on Various Subjects'
William Hazlitt (1854). “The Miscellaneous Works”
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