"Everybody hates a prodigy, detests an old head……" — Desiderius Erasmus

More Detests Quotes

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• When the multitude detests a man, inquiry is necessary; when the multitude likes a man, inquiry is equally necessary. — Confucius
• The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in men who are truthful. PROVERBS 12:22 — Deborah Smith
• It is misery, you know, unspeakable misery for the man who lives alone and who detests sordid, casual affairs; not… — Luigi Pirandello
• We should let God be the One to praise us and not praise ourselves. For God detests those who commend… — Pope Clement I
• Whoever desires Paradise, proceeds towards goodness; whoever fears Hell, refrains from the impulses of passions; whoever believes firmly in death,… — Ali ibn Abi Talib
• What Heaven detests, who knows why? Even the sage considers it difficult. — Laozi
• The Jews detests the spirit of the nation in the midst of which they live. — Bernard Lazare
• Zeus detests above all the boasts of a proud tongue. — Sophocles
• The modern world detests authority but worships relevance. Our Christian conviction is that the Bible has both authority and relevance,… — John Stott
• The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person… — George Washington
• Curiosity and irreverence go together. Curiosity cannot exist without the other. Curiosity asks, "Is this true?" "Just because this has… — Saul Alinsky
• You know a relationship has deteriorated past the point of salvage when one person detests another's gestures. — Josephine Humphreys

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