Odious Quotes

79 Odious quotes by 70 unique authors

What is the good of life if its chief element, and that which must always be its chief element, is odious? No, the only true… — Edward Carpenter
Nothing is more odious than music without hidden meaning. — Frederic Chopin
I mistake the American people if they favor the odious doctrine that there is no such thing as international morality; that there is one law… — Grover Cleveland
My feeling is that the hero has now been defined by phrases like the odious one that we were all raised with - crimes does… — Frank Miller
But camels, though odious to view and endowed with the offensive spirit, did not enjoy the blessing of pachydermaty. — F. E. Adcock
You told a lie, an odious damned lie; Upon my soul, a lie, a wicked lie. — William Shakespeare
Ageism is as odious as racism and sexism. — Claude Pepper
Gospel repentance is not a little hanging down of the head. It's a working of the heart until your sin becomes more odious to you… — Richard Sibbes
We live always under the weight of the old and odious customs... of our barbarous ancestors. — Guy de Maupassant
An important art of politicians is to find new names for institutions which under old names have become odious to the public. — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
But most of us are apt to settle within ourselves that the man who blocks our way is odious, and not to mind causing him… — George Eliot
Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine… — Harlan F. Stone
A big part of the problem that we face today is that our children have been taught at schools that every idea is right, that… — Ed Royce
The treason pleases, but the traitors are odious. — Miguel de Cervantes
I know no man who feels deeper disgust than I do at the ambition, avarice, and profligacy of the priesthood, as well because every one… — Francesco Guicciardini
Kindness acts Not always as you think; a hated hand Renders it odious. — Pierre Corneille
Take the particular trick of false names. It seems to us particularly odious. We think when we show our contempt for those who use this… — Hilaire Belloc
Liberty lies in the rights of that person whose views you find most odious. — John Stuart Mill
We are told that this is an odious and unpopular tax. I never knew a tax that was not odious and unpopular with the people… — John Sherman
I like playing Vernon Dursley in 'Harry Potter,' because that gives me a license to be horrible to kids. I hate the odious business of… — Richard Griffiths

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