Scorn

Scorn is a feeling of contempt, disdain, or despisement for something or somebody. Quotes So let him stand, through ages yet unborn,Fix'd statue on the pedestal of Scorn. Lord Byron, Curse of Minerva (1811_, line 206. He will laugh thee to scorn. Sirach, XIII. 7. He hearsOn all sides, from innumerable tonguesA dismal universal hiss, the soundOf public scorn. John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667; 1674), Book X, line 506. אַל-תּוֹכַח לֵץ פֶּן-יִשְׂנָאֶךָּ הוֹכַח לְחָכָם וְיֶאֱהָבֶךָּ Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. Proverbs 9:8, King James Version A drop of patience: but, alas, to make meA fixed figure, for the time of scornTo point his slow unmoving finger at! William Shakespeare, Othello (c. 1603), Act IV, scene 2, line 53. In the folio: "The fixed figure for the time of scorn / To point his slow and moving finger at". O, what a deal of scorn looks beautifulIn the contempt and anger of his lip! William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night (c. 1601-02), Act III, scene 1, line 156. External links scorn Category:Emotions