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Odious Quotes

Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine of equality Picture Quote #1

Though fraud in all other actions be odious, yet in matters of war it is laudable and glorious, and he who overcomes his enemies by stratagem is as much to be praised as he who overcomes them by force Picture Quote #1

But most of us are apt to settle within ourselves that the man who blocks our way is odious, and not to mind causing him a little of the disgust which his personality excites in ourselves Picture Quote #1

The same is true of ranking him thus against any work of literature. [Bob Dylan] has been made, through no fault of his own, the object of odious tokenism Picture Quote #1

The oppression of a majority is detestable and odious; the oppression of a minority is only by one degree less detestable and odious Picture Quote #1

Jackson went from the professor’s chair to the officer’s saddle. He carried with him the very elements of character which made him odious as a teacher; but I never saw him in an arbitrary mood Picture Quote #1

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I mistake the American people if they favor the odious doctrine that there is no such thing as international morality; that there is one law for a strong nation and another for a weak one Picture Quote #1

A man must fortify himself and understand that a wise man who yields to laziness or anger or passion or love of drink, or who commits any other action prompted by impulse and inopportune, will probably find his fault condoned; but if he stoops to greed, he will not be pardoned, but render himself odious as a combination of all vices at once Picture Quote #1

An important art of politicians is to find new names for institutions which under old names have become odious to the public Picture Quote #1

A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists Picture Quote #1

We live always under the weight of the old and odious customs... Of our barbarous ancestors Picture Quote #1

For since a Prince by birth has fewer occasions and less need to give offence, he ought to be better loved, and will naturally be popular with his subjects unless outrageous vices make him odious Picture Quote #1

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Know thyself - a maxim as pernicious as it is odious. A person observing himself would arrest his own development. Any caterpillar who tried to know himself would never become a butterfly Picture Quote #1

We are told that this is an odious and unpopular tax. I never knew a tax that was not odious and unpopular with the people who paid it Picture Quote #1

Punishment is now unfashionable. Because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic mind, are odious. We prefer a meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful individual responsibility Picture Quote #1

No picture of life can have any veracity that does not admit the odious facts. A man's power is hooped in by a necessity, which, by many experiments, he touches on every side, until he learns it's arc Picture Quote #1

The day seems long, but night is odious; no sleep, but dreams; no dreams but visions strange Picture Quote #1

There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor Picture Quote #1

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A slavish concern for the composition of words is the sign of a bankrupt intellect. Be gone, odious wasp! You smell of decayed syllables Picture Quote #1

There’s a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can’t take part; you can’t even tacitly take part. And you’ve got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon all the apparatus and you’ve got to make it stop. And you’ve got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you’re free, the machine will be prevented from working at all Picture Quote #1

After puberty the personality develops impetuously and all extraneous intervention becomes odious... Now it so happens that parents feel the responsibility towards their children precisely during this second period, when it is too late Picture Quote #1

Why do guys insist on wearing those odious jeans with their rear ends hanging down around their ankles? Do they really think it’s hot? Picture Quote #1

What is the good of life if its chief element, and that which must always be its chief element, is odious? No, the only true economy is to arrange so that your daily labor shall be itself a joy Picture Quote #1

Gospel repentance is not a little hanging down of the head. It’s a working of the heart until your sin becomes more odious to you than any punishment for it Picture Quote #1

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Nothing is so tiresome to one’s self, as well as so odious to others, as disguise and affectation Picture Quote #1

A big part of the problem that we face today is that our children have been taught at schools that every idea is right, that no one should criticize others positions, no matter how odious Picture Quote #1

Take the particular trick of false names. It seems to us particularly odious. We think when we show our contempt for those who use this subterfuge that we are giving them no more than they deserve. It is a meanness which we associate with criminals and vagabonds; a piece of crawling and sneaking...Men whose race is universally known, will unblushingly adopt a false name as a mask, and after a year or two pretend to treat it as an insult if their original and true name be used in its place Picture Quote #1

We stand for free speech. This means we are not going to ban distasteful subreddits. We will not ban legal content even if we find it odious or if we personally condemn it Picture Quote #1

Is it possible your pragmatical worship should not know that the comparisons made between wit and wit, courage and courage, beauty and beauty, birth and birth, are always odious and ill taken? Picture Quote #1

The delicate muses lose their head if their attention is once diverted. Perhaps if you were successful abroad in talking and dealing with men, you would not come back to your bookshelf and your task. When the spirit chooses you for its scribe to publish some commandment, it makes you odious to men and men odious to you, and you shall accept that loathsomeness with joy. The moth must fly to the lamp, and you must solve those questions though you die Picture Quote #1

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Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine of equality (Odious Quotes) Though fraud in all other actions be odious, yet in matters of war it is laudable and glorious, and he who overcomes his enemies by stratagem is as much to be praised as he who overcomes them by force (Odious Quotes) But most of us are apt to settle within ourselves that the man who blocks our way is odious, and not to mind causing him a little of the disgust which his personality excites in ourselves (Odious Quotes) The same is true of ranking him thus against any work of literature. [Bob Dylan] has been made, through no fault of his own, the object of odious tokenism. (Odious Quotes) The oppression of a majority is detestable and odious; the oppression of a minority is only by one degree less detestable and odious (Odious Quotes) Jackson went from the professor’s chair to the officer’s saddle. He carried with him the very elements of character which made him odious as a teacher; but I never saw him in an arbitrary mood (Odious Quotes) I mistake the American people if they favor the odious doctrine that there is no such thing as international morality; that there is one law for a strong nation and another for a weak one (Odious Quotes) A man must fortify himself and understand that a wise man who yields to laziness or anger or passion or love of drink, or who commits any other action prompted by impulse and inopportune, will probably find his fault condoned; but if he stoops to greed, he will not be pardoned, but render himself odious as a combination of all vices at once. (Odious Quotes) An important art of politicians is to find new names for institutions which under old names have become odious to the public (Odious Quotes) A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists (Odious Quotes) We live always under the weight of the old and odious customs... Of our barbarous ancestors (Odious Quotes) For since a Prince by birth has fewer occasions and less need to give offence, he ought to be better loved, and will naturally be popular with his subjects unless outrageous vices make him odious (Odious Quotes) Know thyself - a maxim as pernicious as it is odious. A person observing himself would arrest his own development. Any caterpillar who tried to know himself would never become a butterfly (Odious Quotes) We are told that this is an odious and unpopular tax. I never knew a tax that was not odious and unpopular with the people who paid it (Odious Quotes) Punishment is now unfashionable. Because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic mind, are odious. We prefer a meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful individual responsibility (Odious Quotes) No picture of life can have any veracity that does not admit the odious facts. A man's power is hooped in by a necessity, which, by many experiments, he touches on every side, until he learns it's arc (Odious Quotes) The day seems long, but night is odious; no sleep, but dreams; no dreams but visions strange (Odious Quotes) There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor (Odious Quotes) A slavish concern for the composition of words is the sign of a bankrupt intellect. Be gone, odious wasp! You smell of decayed syllables (Odious Quotes) There’s a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can’t take part; you can’t even tacitly take part. And you’ve got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon all the apparatus and you’ve got to make it stop. And you’ve got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you’re free, the machine will be prevented from working at all (Odious Quotes) After puberty the personality develops impetuously and all extraneous intervention becomes odious... Now it so happens that parents feel the responsibility towards their children precisely during this second period, when it is too late (Odious Quotes) Why do guys insist on wearing those odious jeans with their rear ends hanging down around their ankles? Do they really think it’s hot? (Odious Quotes) What is the good of life if its chief element, and that which must always be its chief element, is odious? No, the only true economy is to arrange so that your daily labor shall be itself a joy (Odious Quotes) Gospel repentance is not a little hanging down of the head. It’s a working of the heart until your sin becomes more odious to you than any punishment for it (Odious Quotes) Nothing is so tiresome to one’s self, as well as so odious to others, as disguise and affectation (Odious Quotes) A big part of the problem that we face today is that our children have been taught at schools that every idea is right, that no one should criticize others positions, no matter how odious (Odious Quotes) Take the particular trick of false names. It seems to us particularly odious. We think when we show our contempt for those who use this subterfuge that we are giving them no more than they deserve. It is a meanness which we associate with criminals and vagabonds; a piece of crawling and sneaking...Men whose race is universally known, will unblushingly adopt a false name as a mask, and after a year or two pretend to treat it as an insult if their original and true name be used in its place (Odious Quotes) We stand for free speech. This means we are not going to ban distasteful subreddits. We will not ban legal content even if we find it odious or if we personally condemn it (Odious Quotes) Is it possible your pragmatical worship should not know that the comparisons made between wit and wit, courage and courage, beauty and beauty, birth and birth, are always odious and ill taken? (Odious Quotes) The delicate muses lose their head if their attention is once diverted. Perhaps if you were successful abroad in talking and dealing with men, you would not come back to your bookshelf and your task. When the spirit chooses you for its scribe to publish some commandment, it makes you odious to men and men odious to you, and you shall accept that loathsomeness with joy. The moth must fly to the lamp, and you must solve those questions though you die (Odious Quotes)

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