“ That is the point of quotations. One can use another's words to be insulting. ”
- Amanda Cross- Copy
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“ Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets. ”
- W. Somerset Maugham- Copy
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“ It is just as hard to do your duty when men are sneering at you as when they are shooting at you. ”
- Woodrow Wilson- Copy
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“ The point of quotations is that one can use another's words to be insulting. ”
- Amanda Cross- Copy
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“ Hence in international relations there is far too little laughing, and far too much sneering. ”
- G.K. Chesterton- Copy
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“ I know nothing more mocking than a devil that despairs. ”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe- Copy
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“ The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of truth. ”
- George Eliot- Copy
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“ My family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering. ”
- William Gilbert- Copy
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“ My family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering. ”
- W. S. Gilbert- Copy
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“ Scornful men bring a city into a snare, but wise men turn away wrath. ”
- The Holy Bible- Copy
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“ Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune. ”
- Socrates- Copy
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“ Of all the griefs that harass the distrest, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
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“ People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel. ”
- Andre Maurois- Copy
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