We talk of the Turks, and abhor the cannibals; but may not some of them, go to heaven, before some of us?
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
People who abhor solitude may abhor company almost as much.
I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover health by medicines I am compelled to take against my own judgment; but I cannot be saved by a worship I disbelieve and abhor.
Few things loves better Than to abhor himself.
This topic brings me to that worst outcrop of herd life, the military system, which I abhor. . . This plague-spot of civilization ought to be abolished with all possible speed. Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them!
Adore God, abhor sin.
The American people abhor a vacuum.
I abhor grades - if a child does his best, that's all that should be asked.
The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.
When people don't want 'em, when they profit from the division, however, be it politically or financially, that's when I abhor it.
There is not a thing on the face of the earth that I abhor so much as idleness or idle people.
I adore extravagance but I abhor waste.
You must show the world that you abhor fighting.
I can so clearly distinguish between the criminal and his crime; I can so sincerely forgive the first while I abhor the last.
We oppose and abhor the damnable practice of wholesale abortion and every other unholy and impure act which strikes at the very foundation of the home and family, our most basic institutions.
We know British Muslims, in general, abhor the actions of the extremists.
Humans abhor a vacuum. The immediate filling of a vacuum is one of the basic functions of speech. Meaningless conversations are no less important in our lives than meaningful ones.
. . . for her whom in life thou dids't abhor, in death thou shalt adore