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

— Stephen R. Donaldson

“Courage is forged in pain, but not in all pain. Pain that is denied or ignored becomes fear or hate.”

— Brené Brown

“The worst pain you may endure, is the pain that you are forced upon, with good reason.”

— Angela Brown

“Contempt, disdain, scorn: these emotions were stops along a closed loop that originated and terminated in a sense of superiority.”

— Kamila Shamsie

“I don't even suffer. My disdain for everything is so complete that I even disdain myself. The contempt I have for the sufferings of…

— Fernando Pessoa

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

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“These days, we take pride in being tough enough to inflict pain on others.”

— Tony Judt

“It is pointless to construct a hierarchy of who hurt more, and whether one kind of pain was more or less justified than another.”

— Stephanie Coontz

“avoid contempt, both of others and of yourself: what seems bad to you in yourself is purified by the very fact that you have…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“If you can endure something unpleasant, then you will overcome it.”

— Probably not an

“If you avoid your truthful emotions and pain you will implode and contract into a diminished and feeble state.”

— Bryant McGill

“Consult, v.t. To seek another’s approval of a course already decided on. Contempt, n. The feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who…

— Ambrose Bierce