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«Heav'n has no rage, like love to hatred turn'd, Nor Hell a fury, like a woman scorn'd»
Author: William Congreve | Keywords: furies, fury, hatred, no Hell, rage, raged, rages, Rage for, scorn, scorning
«As a rock on the seashore he standeth firm, and the dashing of the waves disturbeth him not. He raiseth his head like a tower on a hill, and the arrows of fortune drop at his feet. In the instant of danger, the courage of his heart sustaineth him; and the steadiness of his mind beareth him out.»
Author: Akhenaton | About: Danger, Fortune, Heart, Men | Keywords: arrows, dashed, dashing, scorn, seashore, tower, waves
«Fools may our scorn, not envy raise, for envy is a kind of praise»
Author: John Gay (Dramatist, Poet) | Keywords: scorn
«A little disdain is not amiss; a little scorn is alluring.»
Author: William Congreve | Keywords: allure, allured, allures, alluring, amiss, be amiss, disdain, disdained, disdains, scorn
«At every trifle, scorn to take offence; that always shows great pride, or little sense»
Author: Alexander Pope (Poet) | About: Pride | Keywords: offence, scorn, trifle
«Better that they had ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn»
Author: Sir Walter Scott (Biographer, Historian, Novelist, Poet) | Keywords: scorn
«A pinch of praise is worth a pound of scorn. A dash of encouragement is more helpful than a dipper of pessimism. A cup of kindness is better than a cupboard of criticism.»
Author: William Arthur Ward | Keywords: criticism, cup, cupboard, cupboards, dash, dashed, dashing, dipper, encouragement, helpful, pessimism, pinch, pinched, pinches, pinching, pound, pounding, scorn, scorning
«Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn the power of man.»
Author: William Shakespeare (Dramatist, Playwright, Poet) | Keywords: being bold, bloodied, bloodiest, bloody, bold, bolder, boldest, resolute, scorn, scorning
«Haply I think on thee, and then my state,Like to the lark at break of day arisingFrom sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate;For thy sweet love remembered such wealth bringsThat then I scorn to change my state with kings.»
Author: William Shakespeare (Dramatist, Playwright, Poet) | Keywords: arising, break of day, gate, haply, hymn, hymns, lark, larks, My state, remembered, scorn, sings, state change, sullen, The Larks
«Fortune knows we scorn her most when most she offers blows.»
Author: William Shakespeare (Dramatist, Playwright, Poet) | Keywords: blows, offers, scorn
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