#disdain

Nay, men are so far from musing of their sins, that they disdain this practise, and scoff at it: what say they, if all were of your mind; what should become of us? Shall we be always poring on our corruptions? ↗

— Thomas Hooker

#become #corruptions #disdain #far #men

I have never been afraid of making patriots; but I disdain and despise all their efforts. ↗

— Robert Walpole

#been #despise #disdain #efforts #i

A little disdain is not amiss; a little scorn is alluring. ↗

— William Congreve

#amiss #disdain #little #scorn

After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

#disdain #few #generous #having #pleasures