Contempt Quotes

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MUGWUMP, n. In politics one afflicted with self-respect and addicted to the vice of independence. A term of contempt. — Ambrose Bierce
Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame,-nothing but well and fair, And what… — John Milton
I, too, dislike it. Reading it, however, with a perfect contempt for it, one discovers in it, after all, a place for the genuine. — Marianne Moore
To harm the earth is to heap contempt on its creator. — Chief Seattle
Self-contempt, however vague, sharpens our eyes for the imperfections of others. We usually strive to reveal in others the blemishes we hide in ourselves. — Eric Hoffer
MAJESTY, n. The state and title of a king. Regarded with a just contempt by the Most Eminent Grand Masters, Grand Chancellors, Great Incohonees and… — Ambrose Bierce
Everybody Moral courage is a virtue of higher cast and nobler origin than physical. It springs from a consciousness of virtue and renders a man,… — Samuel Griswold Goodrich
Familiarity doesn't breed contempt, it is contempt. — Florence King
When we see people as losers, we treat them with contempt. When we see them as lost, we treat them with compassion. — Bob Horner
As men neither fear nor respect what has been made contemptible, all honor to him who makes oppression laughable as well as detestable. Armies cannot… — Edwin Percy Whipple
Why had we let it go? Why had we both been condemned...to an exile among dreary strangers who had made us give up all desire… — Ayn Rand
The social principles of Christianity preach cowardice, self-contempt, abasement, submission, humility, in a word all the qualities of the canaille — Karl Marx
There are two extremes to be avoided: one is the attitude of contempt toward education, the other is the tragic snobbery of assuming that marching… — Henry Ford
The knight departing for new adventures offends his lady, yet she has nothing but contempt for him if he remains at her feet. — Simone de Beauvoir
"Can any good come out of Nazareth?" This is always the question of the wiseacres and the knowing ones. But the good, the new, comes… — Ludwig Feuerbach
Herein is not only a great vanity, but a great contempt of God's good gifts, that the sweetness of man's breath, being a good gift… — King James I
Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration. — Apuleius
If God is Love, He is, by definition, something more than mere kindness. And it appears, from all the records, that though He has often… — C.S. Lewis
Speak of the moderns without contempt and of the ancients without idolatry; judge them all by their merits, but not by their age — Lord Chesterfield
Contempt for failure is our cardinal virtue. — Steven Pressfield

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