vulgarity quotes

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There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or painful. It cannot be vulgar. Vulgarity is only in concealment of truth, or in affectation.

John Ruskin

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot explain away.

Oscar Wilde

Women have a certain sexuality, and I think their bodies are beautiful, and I’m not embarrassed to explore that in a film. But there are things you get offered that are vulgar and violent – just like there’s a side of me that’s vulgar and violent.

Angelina Jolie

Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

Oscar Wilde

I can’t stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.

Tennessee Williams

Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.

Coco Chanel