A stomach that is seldom empty despises common food. [Lat., Jejunus raro stomachus vulgaria temnit.]
If I like something, it seems a pretty good bet that other people will, too.
At root, vulgar just means popular on a mass scale. It is the semantic opposite of pretentious or snobby. It is humility with a comb-over. It is Nielsen ratings and Barnum's axiom and the real bottom line. It is big, big business.
Vulgarity in a king flatters the majority of the nation.
Like everybody, I like pizza. You can't go wrong with that or a good cheeseburger.
No matter how much we scorn it, kitsch is an integral part of the human condition.
So must the writer, whose productions should Take with the vulgar, be of vulgar mould.
There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books.
There must be something good in a thing that pleases so many; even if it cannot be explained, it is certainly enjoyed.
I suppose all we can really share with people is a taste for the same kinds of weather.
It is an easy and vulgar thing to please the mob, and no very arduous task to astonish them.
