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Daily life is governed by an economic system in which the production and consumption of insults tends to balance out. That observation was made by Raoul Vaneigem, Belgian Situationist philosopher. I wonder what Cioran would say about that.
There is an old Indian proverb that says that the wound inflicted by the swrod heals better than that
inflicted by toungue. There is nothing that people bear more impatiently, or forgive less, than contempt: and an injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
The only gracious way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can't ignore it, top it; if you can't top it, laugh at it; if you can't laugh at it, it is probably deserved. However, understanding and reading the motives and intentions of the adversary is important and we can do that by keeping our cool.
inflicted by toungue. There is nothing that people bear more impatiently, or forgive less, than contempt: and an injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
The only gracious way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can't ignore it, top it; if you can't top it, laugh at it; if you can't laugh at it, it is probably deserved. However, understanding and reading the motives and intentions of the adversary is important and we can do that by keeping our cool.
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