(26 quotes found)
“Teach not thy lip such scorn, for it was made For kissing, lady, not for such contempt.”
William Shakespeare
“Scorn also to depress thy competitor by any dishonest or unworthy method; strive to raise thyself above him only by excelling him; so shall thy contest for superiority be crowned with honour, if not with success.”
Akhenaton
“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.”
William Arthur Ward
“When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.”
Lewis Carroll
“Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn the power of man.”
“I feel your scorn and I accept it.”
Jon Stewart
“O Romeo, Romeo, brave Mercutio is dead! That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds which too untimely here did scorn the earth.”
“A little disdain is not amiss; a little scorn is alluring.”
William Congreve
“In scorn of nature, art gave lifeless life.”
“Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.”
Horace
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