Quotes About Abhorrence

so conspicuous was his abhorrence of "rebellious insolence" that he might have been enunciating the name of a menace resolved to undermine not just Winesburg, Ohio, but the great republic itself.

The story is, that Leontius, the son of Aglaion, coming up one day from the Piraeus, under the north wall on the outside, observed some dead bodies lying on the ground at the place of execution. He felt a desire to see them, and also a dread and abhorrence of them; for a time he struggled and covered his eyes, but at length the desire got the better of him; and forcing them open, he ran up to the dead bodies, saying, Look, ye wretches, take your fill of the fair sight.

I can't stand dogs.

I hate entertainment.

Bigotry is probably the thing I detest most.

I hate beyond hate.

Men certainly speak peace to themselves when their so doing is not attended with the greatest detestation imaginable of that sin in reference whereunto they do speak peace to themselves, and abhorrency of themselves for it.

I simply cannot imagine why anyone would eat something slimy served in an ashtray.

As far as she was concerned, NOC for Dirk meant Noxious Obnoxious Cretin.

No querían tocarlo; les inspiraba el mismo asco que una araña gorda a la que no se quiere aplastar con la mano.

And he wallowed in disgust and loathing, and his hair stood on end at the delicious horror.

He stared at the broken gun, abhorrence glowing in his mind. "If we fail to stop them out in the provinces, then we will have to make similar guns just to survive. Can you imagine the carnage that will unleash on this world? The damage one man can wreak with such a gun multiplied a thousandfold.