Insults

"If you get your head above the crowd, youre going to be criticized. So get used to the idea."

"τίς ὸμφαλητόμος σε τὸν διοπλῆγα ἔψησε κἀπέλουσεν ἀσκαρίζοντα"

"To practice patience, you need a real rascal to help you. Its no use practicing on gentle and kind creatures, for they require no patience."

"I must bear with their violence and outrageous insults and villanous misdeeds; but, please God, they will get weak and old whilst I shall grow in strength and power, and shall be, in my turn, avenged according to my desire."

"Sticks and stones may break my bones But words will never hurt me."

"Let him alone and let him curse; for the Lord has bidden him. It may be that the Lord will look on my distress, and the Lord will repay me with good for this cursing of me today."

"I am the insulted one, therefore I have the choice of weapons. I choose the sword."

"Let us lie in wait for the righteous man, because he is inconvenient to us and opposes our actions; . . . let us test him with insult and torture, so that we may find out how gentle he is, and make trial of his forbearance."

"When I hear somebody cussing me now, I never turn my head to see who is talking."

"If they persecuted me, they will persecute you."

"When he was abused, he did not return abuse."

"Nothing matters to a man who says nothing matters."