"Undeserving" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of Christianity, his arguments may reasonably be suspected to be suggested by sins of character, and by dislike to the moral standard of the Christian religion, and, though not on this account necessarily undeserving of attention, must be watched at every point with caution, in order that the emotional may be eliminated from ...
— History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion • Adam Storey Farrar
... offspring to the revenge of a resentful enemy. This was the best apology of any that had been offered; natural affection was the pleader; and though blinded to its true interest, such weakness had an amiable source, and so was pardoned. But the other pleas were so basely selfish, so undeserving of anything but scorn, that Sir Eustace Maxwell could not forbear expressing it. "When Sir William Wallace is entering full sail, you will send your hirelings to tow him in! but if a plank could save him now, you would not throw ...
— The Scottish Chiefs • Miss Jane Porter
... father.' He stands between them, which makes his father suddenly grin. 'Laugh on, sir. I don't know what this row's about, but'—here his arm encircles an undeserving lady—'this lady is my mother, and I won't have her bullied. What's a ...
— Alice Sit-By-The-Fire • J. M. Barrie
... whom they had ministered, the prisoners they had visited and encouraged, all of which mercies are accredited to them as having been rendered to their Lord in person. The blessed company, overwhelmed by the plenitude of the King's bounty, of which they regard themselves as undeserving, will fain disclaim the merit attributed to them; "And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it ...
— Jesus the Christ - A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy - Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern • James Edward Talmage
... told him that if the head of a great institution like the New York Life Insurance Company would be guilty of such perfidy as charged by you, the organization which would retain him in a position of responsibility was undeserving of confidence or patronage. ...
— Frenzied Finance - Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated • Thomas W. Lawson
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