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The artist must scorn all judgment that is not based on an intelligent observation of character. He must beware of the literary spirit which so… — Paul Cezanne
False liberty is also a reason that people fabricate doctrines that say that you don't need to suffer. One such doctrine is the one that… — Johan Oscar Smith
I know of no other country where love of money has such a grip on men's hearts or where stronger scorn is expressed for the… — Alexis de Tocqueville
In societies that worship money and success, the losers become objects of scorn. Those who work the hardest for the least are called lazy. Those… — Michael Parenti
His scorn of the great is repeated too often to be real; no man thinks much of that which he despises. — Samuel Johnson
The intention which is fixed on God as its only end will keep people steady in their purposes, and deliver them from being the joke… — Thomas a Kempis
O Death the Healer, scorn thou not, I pray, To come to me: of cureless ills thou art The one physician. Pain lays not its… — Aeschylus
Trying to predict the future is a discouraging and hazardous occupation. If by some miracle a prophet could describe the future exactly as it was… — Arthur C. Clarke
I feel increasingly like age is very irrelevant. Quite often, cynicism is confused with wisdom, and my scorn is confused with a knowing, which I… — Laura Marling
I have nothing but scorn for the notion of an Islamic bomb. There is no such thing as an Islamic bomb or a Christian bomb.… — Muammar al-Gaddafi
Moving parts in rubbing contact require lubrication to avoid excessive wear. Honorifics and formal politeness provide lubrication where people rub together. Often the very young,… — Robert A. Heinlein
I labor, I spend, I strive, I design, I love, I cling, I uphold, I give way, I envy, I long, I scorn, I die,… — Saul Bellow
The terrible, cold, cruel part is Wall Street. Rivers of gold flow there from all over the earth, and death comes with it. There, as… — Federico Garcia Lorca
She [Sadie Thompson] gathered herself together. No one could describe the scorn of her expression or the contemptuous hatred she put into her answer. "You… — W. Somerset Maugham
Men have, for the most part, done with lamenting their lost faith. Sentimental tears over the happy, simple Christendom of their fathers are a thing… — Unknown Author
They love their land, because it is their own, And scorn to give aught other reason why; Would shake hands with a king upon his… — Fitz-Greene Halleck
Scorn not the sonnet. Critic, you have frowned, Mindless of its just honours; with this key Shakespeare unlocked his heart. — William Wordsworth
We have conferred a mystic popularity upon officials whose only virtue is their timidity; while our scorn of rebels and reformers is so great that… — Will Durant
Without approval and without scorn, but carefully studying the sentences word by word, one should trace them in the Discourses and verify them by the… — Gautama Buddha
I believe in pride of race and lineage and self: in pride of self so deep as to scorn injustice to other selves. — W. E. B. Du Bois
Integrity, honesty, and honor may not give immediate rewards or gratification, and they can be life-threatening (for example, being a whistle-blower or turning state's evidence).… — Laura Schlessinger
The Book of Books Within this ample volume lies The mystery of mysteries. Happiest they of human race To whom their God has given grace… — Walter Scott
Capitalist exploitation and cartels and monopolies are the enemies of underdeveloped countries. On the other hand a regime which is completely oriented towards the people… — Frantz Fanon
He felt ... a suspicion-no, a conviction-than he had been abandoned, forgotten, and that no one in the whole world cared or would ever care… — Dean Koontz
No, I make no pretension to patriotism. So long as my voice can be heard on this or the other side of the Atlantic, I… — Frederick Douglass

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