"I scorn your idea of love," I could not help saying, as I rose up and stood before him, leaning my back against the rock. "I scorn the counterfeit sentiment you offer; yes, St. John, and I scorn you when you offer it."
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Jane to St. John Rivers (Ch. 34)Charlotte Bronte
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"I have no cause to fear; and if they scorn me as a victim of their guilt, I can pity their folly and despise their scorn."
Anne Bronte
Men who have sacrifice their well-being, and even their lives, for the cause of truth or the public good, are, from an empirical point of view - which scorn ("fait fi", Fr.) virtue and altruism - regarded as insane or fools; but, from a moral standpoint, they are heros who do honour ("qui honorent", Fr.) humanity.
African Spir
This is what I say about the scorn of the media elite: I wear their scorn as a badge of honor.
Dan Quayle
Said I, in scorn all burning hot,
In rage and anger high,
"You ignominious idiot,
Those wings are made to fly!"Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"You don't know my father. He'll laugh in your face and offer you some money to mail my body back to Idris."
"Don't be absurd-"
"You're right. Coming to think of it, he'll probably make you pay for the shipping charges yourself."Cassandra Clare
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