"Odiousness" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... found sitting with him one morning, said, that in his opinion the character of an infidel was more detestable than that of a man notoriously guilty of an atrocious crime. I differed from him, because we are surer of the odiousness of the one, than of the errour of the other. JOHNSON. 'Sir, I agree with him; for the infidel would be guilty of any crime if he were ...
— Life Of Johnson, Vol. 3 • Boswell, Edited by Birkbeck Hill
... distinguishable quality. It is a thing by itself, like the Platonic idea of Beauty.[1] It is sin stripped of its accompaniments,—the restlessness, the dissatisfaction, and the unhappiness which it produces,—and perceived in its pure odiousness and ill-desert. And when thus seen, it does not permit the mind to think of any thing but the righteous law, and the Divine character. In the hour of thorough conviction, the sinful spirit is lost in the feeling of guiltiness: wholly engrossed ...
— Sermons to the Natural Man • William G.T. Shedd
... telling me he was going away to substitute for a day, and then coming upon me in all his odiousness." ...
— Wired Love - A Romance of Dots and Dashes • Ella Cheever Thayer |
