Prig Quotes
12 quotes by 12 authors
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A full-dressed ecclesiastic is a sort of go-cart of divinity; an ethical automaton. A clerical prig is, in general, a very dangerous as well as…
— William Hazlitt
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A cold, self-righteous prig who goes regularly to church may be far nearer to Hell than a prostitute.
— C.S. Lewis
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A prig always finds a last refuge in responsibility.
— Jean Cocteau
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What arouses the indignation of the honest satirist is not, unless the man is a prig, the fact that people in positions of power or…
— Claud Cockburn
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Prig and philistine, Ph.D. and C.P.A., despot of English 218c and big shot of the Kiwanis Club-how much, at bottom, they both hate Art, and…
— Louis Kronenberger
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It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a prig.
— George Santayana
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The lingering laughter fled from his eyes as he realized that he'd given himself away. "Where's Fiddle now?" "Safe and cared for. Safer than you'll…
— Hilari Bell
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A prig is a fellow who is always making you a present of his opinions.
— George Eliot
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Smarmy little prig,†Will snarled, leaning father forward, as if he longed to reach through the magical portal and strangle Gabriel. “When I get him…
— Cassandra Clare
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The transition from libertine to prig was so complete.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Someone who is determinedly trying to show God how good he or she is is likely to become an insufferable prig.
— N. T. Wright
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If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is a by-product, and…
— Woodrow Wilson
Who Wrote These Prig Quotes
12 authors contributed a total of 12 Prig Quotes as follows: