Oscar Wilde
Writer
"A true gentleman is one who is never intentionally rude."
Rudeness quotes
Rudeness
39 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Judith Martin
Poet
"Ideological differences are no excuse for rudeness."
Arthur Schopenhauer
Philosopher
"Rudeness is better than any argument; it totally eclipses intellect."
J. K. Rowling
Novelist, Screenwriter
"Yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often. Best to say nothing at all, my dear man."
Samuel Johnson
Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
"The natural progress of the works of men is from rudeness to convenience, from convenience to elegance, and from elegance to nicety."
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"Straight-forwardness, without the rules of propriety, becomes rudeness."
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"I like rudeness a great deal better than flattery."
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"I have a rude thought every three seconds!"
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"Focusnot on the rudeness of others,not on what they've done or left undone,but on what you have done and have not doneyourself."
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"Spite and ill-nature are among the most expensive luxuries in life."
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"She did not suddenly start being disagreeable this afternoon, she was so good at it, she had evidently practised whatever are the scales and arpeggios of rudeness every day of her life."
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"We all have the right to call each other names. Rudeness is a deeply held constitutional value."
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"There are occasions on which all apology is rudeness."
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"If you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the second-to-least of your concerns. The least of all should be polite society and what it expects. If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered, anyway."
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"When politeness is used to show up other people, it is reclassified as rudeness. Thus it is technically impossible to be too polite."
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