What has been done is little-scarcely a beginning; yet it is much in comparison with the total blank of a century past.… — Agnes Mary Clerke Copy Share Image
The majority of people think their children's lives will not be as good as theirs. Nearly half of all Americans are no… — Kathleen Troia McFarland Copy Share Image
In general those parents have the most reverence who most deserve it; for he that lives well cannot be despised. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It is wonderful to be despised, if, deep down, we know we are right. — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
there is that wish, in the name of democracy, to level down, because high cultural standards are despised and rejected, and even… — Ann Bridge Copy Share Image
The supreme rulers are hardly known by their subjects. The lesser are loved and praised. The even lesser are feared. The least… — Laozi Copy Share Image
[Margaret Thatcher] scorned and despised other women, and predicated her values entirely on the values of her father, a small town shopkeeper. — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
Callousness and insolence bring to bare unanimous social condemnation, while the simple efforts of politeness are admired; even in those who are… — Bryant H. McGill Copy Share Image
It seemed incredible to me, that physical courage should be so commonplace and revered, while moral courage . . . is so rare and despised. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Say, ye oppress'd by some fantastic woes, Some jarring nerve that baffles your repose; Who press the downy couch, while slaves advance… — George Crabbe Copy Share Image
Contempt is not a thing to be despised. It may be borne with a calm and equal mind, but no man, by… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
We must by every means humble our hearts and subdue our proud intellect, lest we should be like the contemporaries of the… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
The men of the press, who despised their own profession, did not know why they were enjoying it today. One of them,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I've always despised old people. I got angry at my father when he began to show signs of age. — William Steig Copy Share Image
There are few situations in life that cannot be resolved promptly, and to the satisfaction of all concerned, by either suicide, a… — Ernest Bramah Copy Share Image
The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the… — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
In the hollow tree, in the old gray tower, The spectral Owl doth dwell; Dull, hated, despised, in the sunshine hour, But… — Bryan Procter Copy Share Image
The bible belt is oral territory and therefore despised by the literati. — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
It is long ere we discover how rich we are. Our history, we are sure, is quite tame: we have nothing to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The study of butterflies-creatures selected as the types of airiness and frivolity-instead of being despised, will some day be valued as one… — Henry Walter Bates Copy Share Image
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at… — Horace Copy Share Image
He that is highest and worthiest was most fully made-nought and most utterly despised. — Julian of Norwich Copy Share Image
Sometimes a man who deserves to be looked upon because he is a fool is despised only because he is a lawyer. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
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