“She laughed with thrilling scorn. "Sophisticated-God, I'm sophisticated!”
Source: The Great Gatsby
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American novelist and screenwriter 1896–1940Related quotes

“The mind, conscious of rectitude, laughed to scorn the falsehood of report.”
Conscia mens recti famae mendacia risit
IV, 311. Compare: "And the mind conscious of virtue may bring to thee suitable rewards", Virgil, The Aeneid, i, 604
Fasti (The Festivals)

“To scorn the dictate of reason is to scorn the commandment of God.”
Source: Summa Theologica (1265–1274) I-II, q. 19, art. 5

“For still the world prevail'd, and its dread laugh,
Which scarce the firm philosopher can scorn.”
Source: The Seasons (1726-1730), Autumn (1730), l. 233.

“I'm not bitter. Why should I be bitter? I'm thrilled to death with life.”
CNN interview (2002)
Context: I'm not bitter. Why should I be bitter? I'm thrilled to death with life. Life is — the way God has given it to me was just a platter — a golden platter of life laid out there for me. It's been beautiful.

“When thou findest thyself scorning another, look then at thy own heart and laugh at thy folly.”
Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913), Karma

“Think not that aught the fury can surpass
Of woman, when she feels that she is scorned.”
Non crediate che sia maggiore sdegno,
Che quel di donna quando e dispregiata.
IX, 23
Rifacimento of Orlando Innamorato