Quote by Ambrose Bierce

Contempt; the feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too formidable safely to be opposed.

— Ambrose Bierce

“for all contempt turns upon the contemptuous, as it must.”

— Stephen R. Donaldson

Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings.

— Alice Miller

Contempt is a dangerous emotion, luring us into believing that we understand more than we do. Contempt causes us to jeer rather than speak,…

— Scott Spencer

We must endure the contempt of others without reciprocating that contempt.

— Neal A. Maxwell

The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.

— H. L. Mencken

In everything I do, I want people to get the message of acceptance, to learn not to practice contempt without investigation. I have an…

— Andrew Zimmern

Contempt is a well-recognized defensive reaction.

— I. A. Richards

Contempt is not a thing to be despised. It may be borne with a calm and equal mind, but no man, by lifting his…

— Edmund Burke

Genuine contempt, on the other hand, is the unsullied conviction of the worthlessness of another.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Contempt is a kind of gangrene which, if it seizes one part of a character, corrupts all the rest by degrees.

— Samuel Johnson

“Contempt for one's own comrades, for the troops of the enemy, and, above all, fierce contempt for one's own person, are what war demands…

— William James