It is an honor to be despised by fools.

He lacked tenderness; he was rude; and he had more than a streak of cruelty in him; he was a thief and a liar.…

— Daphne du Maurier

You are still despised and mocked, A man too weak and infirm to be God, A God too much man to call forth adoration.

— Khalil

“He had despised that Mary with her idiot smile, symbol of a story that meant nothing, servant of a God who no good to…

— Joe Hill

Amidst the flood of dangerous reading, I plead for my Master's book; I call upon you not to forget the book of the soul.…

— J. C. Ryle

At a time when painting itself often seems to be a threatened, even despised, form of artistic activity, Andrew Salgado emerges as a dazzlingly…

— Edward Lucie-Smith

And if thy heart be straight with God then every creature shall be to thee a mirror of life and a book of holy…

— Thomas a Kempis

Unless a man gives himself entirely to the Cross, in a spirit of humility and self-abasement; unless he casts himself down to be trampled…

— Mark the Evangelist

I'd rather be despised for my character than be liked for my lack of it.

— Anonymous

It is easy enough to say that poverty is no crime. No; if it were men wouldn't be ashamed of it. It is a…

— Jerome K. Jerome

Many men without morals have attacked religion because it was contrary to their inclinations. Many wise men have despised it because it seemed to…

— Baron d'Holbach

“For immediately in the beginning, after his original life of blessedness, the first man despised the command of God, and fell into this mortal…

— Eusebius of Caesarea

I like to give a voice to others, especially things neglected or despised.

— Edwin Morgan

Which was worse: a friend with brain damage, or one who despised you?

— Scott Westerfeld

The native American has been generally despised by his white conquerors for his poverty and simplicity. They forget, perhaps, that his religion forbade the…

— Charles Alexander Eastman

“What is believed in one man's time, is despised in another man's day. To be sure, there will even be revulsion in some future…

— Pat O'Shea