Beauty Quote by Nathaniel Parker Willis

I find my familiarity with thee has bred contempt.

— Miguel de Cervantes

Some evils are cured by contempt.

— George Herbert

One sin, I know, another doth provoke. Murder's as near to lust as flame to smoke.

— William Shakespeare

Hatred of sin as sin, not only as galling or disquieting, a sense of the love of Christ in the cross, lie at the…

— John Owen

“My scorn and contempt,' said Laurent, 'are not in need of your leniency. Lord Touars, you face me in my own kingdom, you inhabit…

— S.U. Pacat

But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive.

— William Shakespeare

It's one thing for a person to live his life as a vacuous shell without fully comprehending the extent of his transgressions, but I…

— Tarek Saab

Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought As doth eternity...

— John Keats

Be aware of anxiety. Next to sin, thee is nothing that so troubles the mind, stains the heart, distresses the soul, and confuses the…

— William Bernard Ullathorne

O jealousy, Thou ugliest fiend of hell! thy deadly venom Preys on my vitals, turns the healthful hue Of my flesh check to haggard…

— Hannah More

To harbor hatred and animosity in the soul makes one irritable, gloomy, and prematurely old.

— Berthold Auerbach

Sordid and infamous sensuality, the most dreadful evil that issued from the box of Pandora, corrupts every heart, and eradicates every virtue. Fly! wherefore…

— Francois Fenelon