The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit.
A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
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.
There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others.
The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
People call things 'vulgar' when they are new to them. When they have become old, they become 'good taste.'
It is quite possible for the vulgar to be funny, but to succeed, it must rise to a certain genius.
Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something.
There are those whose own vulgar normality is so apparent and stultifying that they strive to escape it. They affect flamboyant behaviour and claim originality according to the fashionable eccentricities of their time. They claim brains or talent or indifference to mores in desperate attempts to deny their own mediocrity.
The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished is vulgar.