Man is more sensitive to the contempt of others than to self-contempt. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
It cannot be too often repeated, that truth scorns the assistance of miracle. — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
The higher culture an individual attains, the less field there is left for mockery and scorn. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
We favor the visible, the embedded, the personal, the narrated, and the tangible; we scorn the abstract. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Not he who scorns the Saviour's yoke Should wear his cross upon the heart. — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
There is no idea, no fact, which could not be vulgarized and presented in a ludicrous light. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Contempt; the feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too formidable safely to be opposed. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
He that is poor, all his kindred scorn him, he that is rich all are kin to him — Proverb Copy Share Image
How some dare scorn (as if a fabulous lie) that they should rise whom death to dust doth bind -- and like… — William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling Copy Share Image
Let us not make the poor our friends by our alms, not our enemies by our scorns. We had better have the… — Thomas Adams Copy Share Image
From beasts we scorn as soulless, In forest, field and den, The cry goes up to witness The soulessness of men — William Inge Copy Share Image
Aha! What villains are these, that trespass upon my private lands! Come to scorn at my fall, perchance? Draw, you knaves, you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To be in love, where scorn is bought with groans; coy looks, with heart-sore sighs; one fading moment's mirth — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Humankind has not evolved in its most basic instincts much beyond the caveman era. Yet every attempt to change that is met… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
When I was fair and young, and favor graced me, Of many was I sought, their mistress for to be; But I… — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
Sometimes we praise the way things used to be in order to blame the present, and we esteem what is no longer… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
She [Sadie Thompson] gathered herself together. No one could describe the scorn of her expression or the contemptuous hatred she put into… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
The thought of the presence of God and the spirit of worship will in all my actions have as their immediate object… — Pope John XXIII Copy Share Image
But slaves that once conceive the glowing thought Of freedom, in that hope itself possess All that the contest calls for; spirit,… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
O friends, be men; so act that none may feel Ashamed to meet the eyes of other men. Think each one of… — Homer Copy Share Image
He had been content with daily labour and rough animal enjoyments, 'till Catherine crossed his path. Shame at her scorn, and hope… — Emily Bronte Copy Share Image
One man said, "I looked at my brother through the microscope of criticism, and I said, "How coarse my brother is." Then… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
Why should you think that I should woo in scorn? Scorn and derision never come in tears: Look, when I vow, I… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I love you,” Buttercup said. “I know this must come as something of a surprise, since all I’ve ever done is scorn… — William Goldman Copy Share Image
Science is better paid than at any time in the past. The results of this pay have been to attract into science… — Norbert Wiener Copy Share Image
We cannot describe the natural history of the soul, but we know that it is divine. All things are known to the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Love is like the wild rose-briar; Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, But which will bloom… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
A sacred pride should grip us of not being satisfied with the mediocre but to strive (for we can do it, if… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Colombe Josse is the older Jesse daughter. Colombe Jesse is also a sort of tall blonde leek who dresses like a penniless… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
We are not being true to the artist as a man if we consider his art work junk simply because we differ… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Some readers may find it a curious or even unscientific endeavour to craft a criminological model of organised abuse based on the… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend To mean devices for a sordid end. Courage--an independent spark from Heaven's bright throne,… — George Farquhar Copy Share Image
When my mother makes out her income tax return every year, under occupation she writes, eroding my daughter's self-esteem. — Robin Roberts Copy Share Image
The question is not what man can scorn, or disparage, or find fault with, but what he can love, and value, and… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
You will never go wrong in concluding that a man has once loved deeply whatever he hates, and loves it yet; that… — Georg Groddeck Copy Share Image
The gulls who scorn perfection for the sake of travel go nowhere, slowly. Those who put aside travel for the sake of… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
The more people pointed at me in scorn the more stubborn I got and when they began calling me the Bad Girl… — Frances Farmer Copy Share Image
There is no scorn more profound, or on the whole more justifiable, than that of the men who make for the men… — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
I won't dispute that bankers' privileged treatment in the 2008 crash merits populist scorn. But unfortunately, without a bank bailout, there probably… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
Are these the Americans? People remain silent and placate the Americans. By God, they only deserve scorn. We slaughtered them yesterday and… — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf Copy Share Image
![“She [Sadie Thompson] gathered herself together. No one could describe the scorn of her expression or the contemptuous hatred she put into her answer. "You men! You filthy dirty pigs! You're all the same, all of you. Pigs! Pigs!"” quote by W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6d9/w-somerset-maugham-237_answers_she-sadie-thompson-gathered-herself-toge_1720685.jpg)
