“ We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France. ”
- Duke of Wellington- Copy
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“ When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs. ”
- Oscar Wilde- Copy
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“ It is horrible to see everything that one detested in the past coming back wearing the colors of the future. ”
- Jean Rostand- Copy
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“ Men have always detested women's gossip because they suspect the truth: their measurements are being taken and compared. ”
- Erica Jong- Copy
- 290
“ Nothing can throw thee into the infernal abyss so much as this detested word — heed well! — this mine and thine. ”
- Angelus Silesius- Copy
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“ In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
- 146
“ O world, world! thus is the poor agent despised. O traitors and bawds, how earnestly are you set a-work, and how ill requited! Why should our endeavor be so loved, and the performance so loathed? ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ Life has taught me that it is not for our faults that we are disliked and even hated, but for our qualities. ”
- Bernard Berenson- Copy
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