Whoever, by the irresistible force of genius, rises above the common herd is certain to be ostracized by society, which will pursue him with such merciless derision and detraction that at last he will be compelled to retreat into the solitude of his thoug. From LearnThat.org. [Heinrich Heine.]
Let it be no detraction from his merits to say he is plainspoken. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The amazing part of the detraction is that a lot of these are the same arguments why weblogs were unnecessary and irrelevant. From Wordnik.com. [Gillmor on Fire] Reference
It would surprise a great many to learn who this person was, but as no detraction is intended, I will dismiss the subject at once. From Wordnik.com. [At Gettysburg, or, What a Girl Saw and Heard of the Battle: A True Narrative] Reference
Only there is this difference, that as all are more forcibly inclined to ill than good, they are much apter to exceed in detraction than in praises. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple (1652-54)] Reference
And that "detraction" for Mr. Bush's presidency is already pandemic. From Wordnik.com. [Falstaff Confronts North Korea] Reference
You can't seriously be arguing that this is some kind of detraction from Edwards. From Wordnik.com. [In Big Iowa Speech Today, Edwards Will Amplify Case For Confrontation] Reference
Here's a pedantic "detraction" of just one part, I can't read the whole piece right now. From Wordnik.com. [Using semantics to obfuscate] Reference
There's a word for that: It's called "detraction," and it's a. From Wordnik.com. [About.com Catholicism] Reference
Proposition 8 is not a "detraction" or an addition to the U.S. Constitution. From Wordnik.com. [HumidCity] Reference
Apologists and impartial chroniclers are as distinct as enemies in intimating that he was a constant mark for 'detraction' and. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography] Reference
They can be reading and discussing testimonies ( "detraction" is a wonderful place to start) so they can spot and explain behavior. From Wordnik.com. [Quaker Ranter Martin Kelley] Reference
Admonitions against pride, detraction and the like. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 66: James The Challoner Revision] Reference
Obj. 3: Further, detraction is contrary to flattery. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Regaled with a library: "Calumny and detraction," says. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
Observations on wisdom and folly, ambition and detraction. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete] Reference
There is one heavy detraction, however, from the excellence of the. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808] Reference
Shawl -- (A fine one) honors; (thin or old) shame; (torn) detraction. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
Mention not a blemish which is thy own, in detraction of thy neighbor. From Wordnik.com. [Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala] Reference
Gregory says (Moral. xxii, 5) that detraction is a remedy against flattery. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Yet there should be no detraction from the fact that the heredity is strong. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)] Reference
If he had achieved little for praise he had achieved nothing for detraction. From Wordnik.com. [The Imperialist] Reference
It is very absurd to consider criticism that is not always favourable, detraction. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843] Reference
It is there one lives exempt from the assaults of censure, detraction, and calumny. From Wordnik.com. [History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing] Reference
His mean spirit of detraction and insinuating ill-will kills friendship at its birth. From Wordnik.com. [Friendship] Reference
And make mourning for him according to his merit for a day, or two, for fear of detraction. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
Calumny and detraction are sparks which, if you do not blow, they will go out of themselves. From Wordnik.com. [English Grammar in Familiar Lectures] Reference
How much just detraction from all mere natural human greatness is contained in the following penetrative maxim!. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
Lady Petulant has by the use of it cured her husband of jealousy, and Lady Gad her whole neighbourhood of detraction. From Wordnik.com. [The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899] Reference
"I always knew that merit such as I felt I possessed, would force its way, in spite of envy and detraction," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844] Reference
The AT&T exclusivity could be detraction for some; AT&T has scored poorly among service providers in our user surveys. From Wordnik.com. [Preview: Garmin Nuvifone G60--A GPS with a phone] Reference
These rare villains are eliminated when one speaks of inability to distinguish between detraction and adverse criticism. From Wordnik.com. [Conversation What to Say and How to Say it] Reference
One of the most unwarrantable kinds or forms of detraction, is the attributing of any man's conduct to corrupt or unworthy motives. From Wordnik.com. [Advice to a Young Man upon First Going to Oxford In Ten Letters, From an Uncle to His Nephew] Reference
The punishment is the slurs, the enmity, the envy and the detraction, to say nothing of the downright lies which are told about him. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Round Up More Good Stuff Like Pep] Reference
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