Odious Quotes

79 Odious quotes by 70 unique authors

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
All over the U.S. there are people whose lives are being destroyed for lack of proper health care provision, and there is no sight more… — Simon Hoggart
We stand for free speech. This means we are not going to ban distasteful subreddits. We will not ban legal content even if we find… — Yishan Wong
Is it possible your pragmatical worship should not know that the comparisons made between wit and wit, courage and courage, beauty and beauty, birth and… — Miguel de Cervantes
Comparisons are odious. — Miguel de Cervantes
No picture of life can have any veracity that does not admit the odious facts. A man's power is hooped in by a necessity, which,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The delicate muses lose their head if their attention is once diverted. Perhaps if you were successful abroad in talking and dealing with men, you… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Neutrality in things good or evil is both odious and prejudicial; but in matters of an indifferent nature is safe and commendable. Herein taking of… — Joseph Hall
The most odious of all oppressions are those which mask as justice. — Robert H. Jackson
All false practices and affections of knowledge are more odious to God, and deserve to be so to men, than any want or defect of… — Thomas Sprat
I used to think that once a writer became a man of letters, if only for a half hour, he was done for. And here… — Dylan Thomas

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