--- title: "9 Displeasing Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Displeasing quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Displeasing sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d15/anonymous-1_bitter_say-what-is-true-although-it-may-be-bitt_2973877.jpg" --- > [Say what is true, although it may be bitter and displeasing to people](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/say-what-is-true-although-it-may-be-bitter-and-displeasing-to-people/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d15/anonymous-1_bitter_say-what-is-true-although-it-may-be-bitt_2973877.jpg) > [Whatever is committed from a bad example, is displeasing even to its author.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juvenal/whatever-is-committed-from-a-bad-example-is-displeasing-even-to-its/) [Juvenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juvenal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/beb/juvenal-918_bad-example_whatever-is-committed-from-a-bad-example_3159715.png) > [The dog has no ambition, no self-interest, no desire for vengeance, no fear other than that of displeasing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-louis-leclerc-comte-de-buffon/the-dog-has-no-ambition-no-self-interest-no-desire-for-vengeance-no/) [Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-louis-leclerc-comte-de-buffon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a90/georges-louis-leclerc-comte-de_ambition_the-dog-has-no-ambition-no-self-interest_512822.png) > [“If I don't talk about it, it's either very displeasing or very precious to me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-rachelle/if-i-don-t-talk-about-it-it-s-either-very-displeasing-or-very/) [Joyce Rachelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-rachelle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af4/joyce-rachelle-8812_discussion_if-i-don-t-talk-about-it-it-s-either-ver_411092.jpg) > [Any pride or haughtiness, is displeasing to us, merely because it shocks our own pride, and leads us by sympathy into comparison,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/any-pride-or-haughtiness-is-displeasing-to-us-merely-because-it/) [David Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hume/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d3/david-hume-538_causes_any-pride-or-haughtiness-is-displeasing_1451320.jpg) > [Ambition becomes displeasing when it is once satiated; there is a reaction; and as our spirit, till our last sigh, is always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-corneille/ambition-becomes-displeasing-when-it-is-once-satiated-there-is-a/) [Pierre Corneille](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-corneille/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74b/pierre-corneille-2033_ambition_ambition-becomes-displeasing-when-it-is_3035056.jpg) > [They who prematurely put themselves forward to root out whatever is displeasing to them overthrow the judgment of God and rashly intrude…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-calvin/they-who-prematurely-put-themselves-forward-to-root-out-whatever-is/) [John Calvin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-calvin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2da/john-calvin-490_angel_they-who-prematurely-put-themselves-forw_2554227.jpg) > [“displeasing Jett. He had two options: send the girl back out and risk her coming back, interrupting his obsessing about Brooke, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-reed/displeasing-jett-he-had-two-options-send-the-girl-back-out-and-risk/) [J.C. Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-reed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30c/j-c-reed-3424_quote_displeasing-jett-he-had-two-options-send_1105200.jpg) > [For those women sin against God when they rub their skin with ointments, stain their cheeks with rouge, and make their eyes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tertullian/for-those-women-sin-against-god-when-they-rub-their-skin-with/) [Tertullian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tertullian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a31/tertullian-3469_artistic_for-those-women-sin-against-god-when-the_2976410.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/displeasing/#itemlist", "name": "Displeasing Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Say what is true, although it may be bitter and displeasing to people", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": 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