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- No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility. — Simone de Beauvoir
- 'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean… — Lewis Carroll
- I was taught by professors who had done their schooling in the 1930s. Most of them were scornful of, even hated, big… — Stephen Ambrose
- Of all the grief's that harass the distressed; sure the most bitter is a scornful jest. — Samuel Johnson
- Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune. — Socrates
- The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of truth. — George Eliot
- Tall, elegant, vital, scornful. A man like that could rock a woman to her very core. — Margaret Way
- The English have a scornful insular way Of calling the French light. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest; Fate never wounds more deep the… — Samuel Johnson
- The true Christians are the true citizens, lofty of purpose, resolute in endeavor, ready for a hero's deeds, but never looking down… — Theodore Roosevelt
- The 'good' mother, with her fixed smile, her rigidity, her goody-goody outlook, her obsession with unnecessary hygiene, is in fact a fool.… — Rachel Cusk
- People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference… — Andre Maurois