Of all the grief's that harass the distressed; sure the…

Of all the griefs that harass the distressed, sure the most bitter is a scornful jest.

— Samuel Johnson

Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest; Fate never wounds more deep the generous heart,…

— Samuel Johnson

The hapless wit has his labors always to begin, the call for novelty is never satisfied, and one jest only raises expectation of another.

— Samuel Johnson

Merriment is always the effect of a sudden impression. The jest which is expected is already destroyed.

— Samuel Johnson

A jest breaks no bones

— Samuel Johnson

Untroubled, scornful, outrageous - that is how wisdom wants us to be: she is a woman and never loves anyone but a warrior.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The English have a scornful insular way Of calling the French light.

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“Cassie could be affectionate and scornful at the same time, and I always felt that if I wasn't careful, the scorn might win out.”

— Claire Messud

“...there were none so scornful as those who had had to learn the hard way.”

— Elizabeth Bear

He had not yet learned that the only safe male rebuke to a scornful female is to stay away from her - especially if…

— Booth Tarkington

we are so scornful when we are young!

— Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

The only safe male rebuke to a scornful female is to stay away from her - especially if that is what she desires.

— Booth Tarkington

“She was scornful. “He talks to you personally?” “He talks to everyone personally. Most people just don’t bother to listen.”

— Francine Rivers

Not having time for a person, not being able to sit in silence together with somebody, that's the same as rejecting them, as being…

— Henning Mankell

the scornful force of his tone turned the word into a curse

— John Knowles