"Belittle" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of Philosophy is indeed, as Gibbon called it, "a golden volume, not unworthy of the leisure of Plato or of Tully." To belittle its originality and sincerity, as is sometimes done, with a view to saving the Christianity of the writer, is to misunderstand his mind and his method. The Consolatio is not, as has been maintained, a mere patchwork of ...
— The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy • Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
... would belittle my own sense of Osgood's real worth if I confined myself to expatiating on his brilliant physical achievements. His moral worth and gentle bravery were to me the chief points in him that arouse true admiration. ...
— Football Days - Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball • William H. Edwards
... of the religious to belittle anything that is designed for human betterment. Their philosophy is, the more you suffer here, the less you will suffer "hereafter." Their humility to and fear of this "unseen" power is the most degrading trait in human beings. It is a frame of mind not only despicable ...
— Tyranny of God • Joseph Lewis
... Spaniard said. "You are one of those who belittle your own good deeds. I feel indeed more grateful than I can express to you as well as ...
— By England's Aid or The Freeing of the Netherlands (1585-1604) • G.A. Henty
... may try to analyse man's love for woman, to explain it, or explain it away, belittle it, nay, even resent and befoul it, it remains an unaccountable phenomenon, a "mystery we make darker with a name." Biology, cynically pointing at certain of its processes, makes the miracle rather more miraculous than otherwise. Musical instruments are no explanation ...
— Vanishing Roads and Other Essays • Richard Le Gallienne
|
