Rude

Famous quotes containing the word rude:

“Tilting up his nose,
He inhaled the rancid rosin, burly smells
Of dampened lumber, emanations blown
From warehouse doors, the gustiness of ropes,
Decays of sacks, and all the arrant stinks
That helped him round his rude æsthetic out.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

“By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“One may treat a gentleman rudely, but beware of being rude to a scoundrel.”
—Chinese proverb.