Allowance Quote by Samuel Richardson

Great allowances ought to be made for the petulance of persons laboring under ill-health.

— Samuel Richardson

The spleen is seldom felt where Flora reigns; The low'ring eye, the petulance, the frown, And sullen sadness, that o'ershade, distort, And mar the…

— William Cowper

Every old man complains of the growing depravity of the world, of the petulance and insolence of the rising generation.

— Samuel Johnson

“Sam bit her lip, trying not to laugh. She didn’t succeed. After a moment of baleful glaring, Taylor joined in her mirth. Petulance was…

— J.T. Ellison

By the consultation of books, whether of dead or living authors, many temptations of petulance and opposition, which occur in oral conferences, are avoided.…

— Samuel Johnson

“Deprecation always waits to be disputed, and, if the disputation does not come, becomes petulance.”

— Eleanor Catton

Ronaldo is a disgrace to the game. His petulance, temperament, throwing himself on the ground. It was a disgrace to professional football. This fella…

— Eamon Dunphy

Scurrility has no object in view but incivility; if it is uttered from feelings of petulance, it is mere abuse; if it is spoken…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

I know all about the despair of overcoming chronic temptation. It is not serious, provided self-offended petulance, annoyance at breaking records, impatience, etc., don't…

— C. S. Lewis

Always meet petulance with gentleness and perverseness with kindness. A gentle hand can lead even en elephant by a hair. Reply to thine enemy…

— Zoroaster

Our attitude toward our own culture has recently been characterized by two qualities, braggadocio and petulance. Braggadocio - empty boasting of American power, American…

— Daniel J. Boorstin

“that peculiar combination of stubbornness, petulance, and caprice that is the mark of a weak man.”

— Daniel Hannan