- Self-righteousness (also
called sanctimony,
sententiousness, and holier-than-thou attitudes) is an
attitude and
belief of
moral superiority derived from...
-
Susannah (21
September 2014). "Ballyturk
review – frenzied, incessant,
sententious".
Stage reviews. The Guardian.
Archived from the
original on 14 October...
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favor a
simplified liturgy in
local languages", and "the
aggressively sententious" Siri to
recognize they
could not
garner the
necessary 35 votes. The...
- his son Laertes, who is
leaving for France, in the form of a list of
sententious maxims. He
finishes by
giving his son his blessing, and is apparently...
- 1879. It is
translated from the
German "with the
omission of the long
sententious lectures found in the original."
Around the same year, an
abridged version...
- "heavyhandedness" he saw in some of the writing,
noting especially the "
sententious lectures about the
nature of
police work"
delivered to
Sherman by Cooper...
- and
confined himself to an
explanation of the Creed;
whereupon it was
sententiously remarked that the bell had been
ringing long enough, it was time for...
- tradition, the
philosopher bequeathed to
posterity in
rhythmical form and
sententious brevity, this is
notably recorded: "Humble yourselves, my descendants;...
-
usually known as Aristotile, a
nickname he
received from his air of
sententious gravity. He was at
first a
pupil of Perugino, but
afterwards became a...
-
flourished in the 6th
century BC, were
those who
arranged series of
sententious maxims in verse.
These were
collected in the 4th century, by
Lobon of...
