"Ignorance is not so damnable as humbug, but……" — George Eliot

More Damnable Quotes

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• Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable. — Lord Chesterfield
• O, Thou hast damnable iteration; and art, indeed, able to corrupt a saint. — William Shakespeare
• For faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction - faith in fiction… — Thomas A. Edison
• Truth, in its struggles for recognition, passes through four distinct stages. First, we say it is damnable, dangerous, disorderly, and… — Elbert Hubbard
• Physiological experiment on animals is justifiable for real investigation, but not for mere damnable and detestable curiosity. — Charles Darwin
• No one holds command over me. No man. No god. No Prince. What is a claim of age for ones… — Hunter S. Thompson
• The main thing between you and God is not so much your sins; it's your damnable good works. — John Gerstner
• War is a damnable, filthy thing and has destroyed civilization after civilization — Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
• You know, there's nothing damnable about being a strong woman. The world needs strong women. There are a lot of… — Ginger Rogers
• Cannons and fire-arms are cruel and damnable machines; I believe them to have been the direct suggestion of the Devil.… — Martin Luther
• The damnable frustration of revenge. Revenge is for dreams...never for reality. — Alfred Bester
• Of children as of procreation -- the pleasure momentary, the posture ridiculous, the expense damnable — Evelyn Waugh

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