Alluring Quote by William Congreve Download Open image “A little disdain is not amiss; a little scorn is alluring.” — William Congreve ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Alluring Disdain Little Scorn
Contempt is not a thing to be despised. It may be borne with a calm and equal mind, but no man, by lifting his… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Dowered with the hate of hate, the scorn of scorn, The love of love. — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings. — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
“A little bit of hatred can spoil a score of years And blur the eyes that ought to smile with many needless tears. A… — Edgar Guest Copy Share Image
Mr Witwould: "Pray, madam, do you pin up your hair with all your letters? I find I must keep copies." Mrs Millamant: "Only with… — William Congreve Copy Share Image
He who closes his ears to the views of others shows little confidence in the integrity of his own views. — William Congreve Copy Share Image
Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, through the overtaking and possessing of a wish discovers the folly… — William Congreve Copy Share Image
“One no more owes one's beauty to a lover than one's wit to an echo” — william congreve Copy Share Image
I confess freely to you, I could never look long upon a monkey, without very mortifying reflections. — William Congreve Copy Share Image
Marriage is honourable, as you say; and if so, wherefore should Cuckoldom be a Discredit, being deriv'd from so honourable a Root? — William Congreve Copy Share Image
A wit should no more be sincere, than a woman constant; one argues a decay of parts, as to other of beauty. — William Congreve Copy Share Image
They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom. — William Congreve Copy Share Image
There is in true Beauty, as in Courage, somewhat which narrow Souls cannot dare to admire. — William Congreve Copy Share Image
I am a fool, I know it; and yet, Heaven help me, I'm poor enough to be a wit. — William Congreve Copy Share Image
There is nothing more unbecoming a man of quality than to laugh ... 'tis such a vulgar expression of the passion! — William Congreve Copy Share Image
Honor is a public enemy, and conscience a domestic, and he that would secure his pleasure, must pay a tribute to one and go… — William Congreve Copy Share Image
The ascent of any route begins, in dreams at least, the autumn before. Our minds ring, involuntarily, with the alluring names of mountains, aiguilles,… — Gaston Rebuffat Copy Share Image
Don't yield to that alluring witch, laziness, or else be prepared to surrender all that you have won in your better moments. — Horace Copy Share Image
Mars tugs at the human imagination like no other planet. With a force mightier than gravity, it attracts the eye to its shimmering red… — John Noble Wilford Copy Share Image
Soft addictions are an alluring, seductive aspect of our culture - they are easy to attain and socially acceptable, they are even encouraged in… — Judith Wright Copy Share Image
“Modesty has, and will remain, an alluring trait because where egoism falters, humility conquers.” — Andy Paula Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I always had a big thing for Dannii Minogue. Initially I liked Kylie, but I quickly moved on to… — Andrew Buchan Copy Share Image
Depression is so treacherous - it can be so alluring as well as punishing. After all, it's yours and yours alone - no one… — Margo Jefferson Copy Share Image
“The grass always seems greener on the other side of the fence. Many politicians promise green, green grass by blending niceties with delusion and… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
Just as meekness is in all our virtues, so is pride in all our sins. Whatever its momentary and alluring guise, pride is the… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I am like a mariner born and bred on board a buccaneer brig whose soul has become so inured to storm and strife that… — Mikhail Lermontov Copy Share Image
Procrastination is something you do yourself. You know: "I gotta sharpen these pencils before I start. I got 20 pencils, they're looking kinda dull."… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
There is no more alluring airspace in the world than the slit up a China girl's dress. — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share Image
