Vulgar

Famous quotes containing the word vulgar:

“The worship of Mammon may be vulgar or immoral, but it persists while other religions falter and disappear.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished is vulgar.”
—Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)

“Thus Pegasus, a nearer way to take,
May boldly deviate from the common track.
From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part,
And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art,
Which without passing through the judgment, gains
The heart, and all its end at once attains.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)