Insolence: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations
Qui se laisse outrager, mérite qu'on l'outrage Et l'audace impunie enfle trop un courage. He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be so; and insolence, if unpunished, increases!— CORNEILLE — Heraclius. I. 2.
Kein Heiligthum heisst uns den Schimpf ertragen. No sacred fane requires us to submit to insult.— GOETHE — Torquato Tasso. II. 3. 191.