He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
If there is anyone here whom I have not insulted, I beg his pardon.
Insult is powerful. Insult begets both rage and humor and often at the same time.
There are two insults no human being will endure: that he has no sense of humor, and that he has never known trouble.
Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.
If you can't ignore an insult, top it; if you can't top it, laugh it off; and if you can't laugh it off, it's probably deserved.
Each of us carries within himself a collection of instant insults.
He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.
Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises.
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.