INSULT
To insult somebody is to offend, discredit, hurt, humiliate
or disparage him/her. It is immoral and
can also be unlawful. Those who insult others are indecent, disrespectful,
immodest, intolerant or unduly proud people.
Insulting anybody even your opponent or enemy can lead to not
only destructive anger but also legal wrangles.
Insult is mostly unbearable. It results in injurious
reaction. It is not wrong to say that oppression is more easily borne than
insult.
According to the English novelist Henry Fielding (1707-1754) it is the nature of some minds to insult and
tyrannize over little people, this being the means they use to recompense
themselves for their extreme servility and condescension to their superiors.
Slaves and flatterers exact the same taxes on all below them which they pay to
all above them.
English author Samuel Johnson (1679-1748) thinks that fate
never wounds more deeply the generous heart, than when a blockhead’s insult
points the dart.
Finally, insult by anyone is inadvisable however great or
powerful he/she may be.
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G.R.Kanwal
26th April 2024
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