Elinor agreed to it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.
Jane AustenTags: intelligence reason opposition rationality compliments agreement discussion disdain
The advantages of natural folly in a beautiful girl have been already set forth by the capital pen of a sister author; and to her treatment of the subject I will only add, in justice to men, that though to the larger and more trifling part of the sex, imbecility in females is a great enhancement of their personal charms, there is a portion of them too reasonable and too well informed themselves to desire anything more in woman than ignorance.
Jane AustenTags: perception education empowerment equality girls reason men women stupidity prejudice ignorance foolishness stereotypes disdain clichés charms desirability folly imbecility inferiority
Every man is a king so long as he has someone to look down on.
Sinclair LewisTags: disdain looking-down
You [demagogues] are like the fishers for eels; in still waters they catch nothing, but if they thoroughly stir up the slime, their fishing is good; in the same way it's only in troublous times that you line your pockets.
AristophanesTags: peace greed materialism disdain vice fishing trouble politicians eels filth unrest unclean demagoguery grime slime upheaval
At the end of the day your ability to connect with your readers comes down to how you make them feel.
Benjamin J. CareyTags: art friendship reading books happiness love passion family hate romance sadness death marriage literature distance mourning authors babies anger illness depression obsession boredom birth disdain dying disease enjoyment thirst grieving disgust knowlege fondness
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