impudence quotes

   Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence.

-John Dryden
  Constantine the Great, epilogue.

I have seen, and heard, much of Cockney impudence before now; but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face.

-John Ruskin
  OnWhistler's Nocturne in Black and Gold. Fors Clavigera (published1871^84), letter no.79,18 Jun.