"Rudeness" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... and above the personal claims of the individuals who constitute them. To have received such unusual Testimonials in my favour, as I have to produce, and then to have let both those Testimonials and the generous feelings which dictated them be wasted, and come to nought, would have been a rudeness of which I could not bear to be guilty. Far be it from me to show such ingratitude to those who were especially "friends in need." I am too proud of their approbation not to publish ...
— Apologia Pro Vita Sua • John Henry Cardinal Newman
... might have something to talk about. In truth he made everything give way to his freaks and self-will; and he was a harsh and unkind husband, and insolent to his father-in-law; and, as time went on, he offended a great many persons by his pride and rudeness and selfishness, so that his brilliancy did ...
— Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History • Charlotte M. Yonge
... frugal breakfast of seeds. Suddenly he was aware that the wild Bull was approaching. He looked up, and seeing the dejected air of the Bull, he greeted him as cheerfully as he could, and then asked what the matter was? This Bullfinch bore no manner of grudge for the Bull's rudeness, because in his little body was a great heart, and he ...
— The Talking Thrush - and Other Tales from India • William Crooke
... himself to the rudeness of a civilized woman, he made other provision for his cayuse and then asked her, ...
— Trail Tales • James David Gillilan
... the rudeness of the primitive chariot, made of two or three sticks and two rings cut from a hollow tree, it was the germ of human inventions, and embosomed the world's destiny. It was the most original as well as the ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. II, No. 8, June 1858 • Various
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