Horrid Quotes

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If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation? — Thomas Carlyle
Some few, & I am one, even wish to God, though at the loss of millions of lives, that the North would proclaim a crusade… — Charles Darwin
The balance of power is the scale of peace. The same balance would be preserved were all the world not destitute of arms, for all… — Thomas Paine
I sometimes wish we could have, over the next five or ten years, a lot of horrid things happening-you know, like tornadoes in the Midwest… — Thomas Schelling
One trembles to think of that mysterious thing in the soul, which seems to acknowledge no human jurisdiction, but in spite of the individual's own… — Herman Melville
I actually wanted to be a doctor. But doing all those horrid rat dissections made me faint. I studied science till the 12th standard and… — Bipasha Basu
I assert most unhesitatingly, that the religion of the South is a mere covering for the most horrid crimesâ€”a justifier of the most appalling barbarityâ€¦a… — Frederick Douglass
I have decided to keep a record of my inmost real-self thoughts. Perhaps it will help me to find out what I really am like:… — Rosamond Lehmann
No person knows better than you do that the domination of England is the sole and blighting curse of this country. It is the incubus… — Daniel O'Connell
In a life where waking hours are draped in the costume of horrid nightmare, where reality has suddenly become questionable, it's easy to be scared… — Scott Sigler
I never was in such a horrid office . . . It's not very nice to be where people are being swindled all day long,… — Nevil Shute
I looked at Mum and realized -- twang! -- that she was telling an untruth. A big untruth. And I remember thinking in that instant… — Christopher Buckley
By the tons it is coming into this country - the deadly, dreadful poison that racks and tears not only the body, but the very… — Harry J. Anslinger
Nothing can be more shocking and horrid than one of our kitchens sprinkled with blood, and abounding with the cries of expiring victims or with… — Alexander Pope
I mean not to accuse any one, but to take the shame upon myself, in common, indeed, with the whole parliament of Great Britain, for… — William Wilberforce
Lovers should not separate from each other after making love without admiring each other, without being conquered as well as conquering, so that no feeling… — Hermann Hesse
My galligaskins, that have long withstood The winter's fury, and encroaching frosts, By time subdued (what will not time subdue!), A horrid chasm disclosed. — John Phillips
Nowadays we are assailed by a chorus of horrid threats. The Nazi government exudes through every neutral state inside information about the frightful vengeance they… — Winston Churchill
Most terrors are but spectral illusions. Only have the courage of the man who could walk up to his spectre seated in the chair before… — Arthur Helps
No matter how horrid a person may appear on the surface, if you dig deeper, you will find some nice, unexpected little quality. — Brooke Astor

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