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Impudence is the worst of all human diseases.
Villainy, when detected, never gives up, but boldly adds impudence to imposture.
The impudence of the sinner displeases God as much as the modesty of the penitent gives him pleasure.
I haven't got as much money as some folks, but I've got as much impudence as any of them, and that's the next thing to money.
Modern education has devoted itself to the teaching of impudence, and then we complain that we can no longer control our mobs.
I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness.
There are seasons in every country when noise and impudence pass current for worth; and in popular commotions especially, the clamors of interested and factious men are often mistaken for patriotism.
I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue; it is built upon shame, a passion in our nature, and may be either good or bad according to the actions performed from that motive.