Contempt Quotes

515 quotes by 379 authors

if she had ordered me to throw myself down then, I would have done it! If she had said it only as a joke, said… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
We can state with conviction, therefore, that a man's support for absolute government is in direct proportion to the contempt he feels for his country. — Alexis de Tocqueville
Pity goes hand in hand with contempt. Don't ever forget that, Liberty. You can't take handouts or help from anyone, because that gives people the… — Lisa Kleypas
She was nothing more than a mere good-tempered, civil and obliging Young Woman; as such we could scarcely dislike her -- she was only an… — Jane Austen
Is my paranoia getting completely out of hand, or are you mongoloids really talking about me? — John Kennedy Toole
Suffering pulls us farther away from other human beings. It builds a wall made of cries and contempt to separate us. — Elie Wiesel
Show no fear to your enemies. Only contempt. Never let anyone look down on you. You're just as good as any of them. I don't… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt. — Marcus Aurelius
Often the contempt of vainglory becomes a source of even more vainglory, for it is not being scorned when the contempt is something one is… — Saint Augustine
What advice would I give the average homeowner to protect himself against burglars? Well, the first thing is to keep a light on in the… — Woody Allen
The Elders had nothing but contempt for human emotion; they considered it their biggest weakness. Perenelle knew it was humankind's greatest strength. — Michael Scott
A villain must be a thing of power, handled with delicacy and grace. He must be wicked enough to excite our aversion, strong enough to… — Agnes Repplier
These temple destroyers, devotees of ravaging commercialism, seem to have a perfect contempt for Nature, and, instead of lifting their eyes to the God of… — John Muir
Since our technology is really just an extension of ourselves, we donâ€™t have to have contempt for its manipulability in the way we might with… — Jonathan Franzen
To those humans in whom I have faith; I wish suffering, being forsaken, sickness, maltreatment, humiliation. I wish that they should not remain unfamiliar with… — Richard Linklater
Your cowardly self-delusions about â€œloveâ€ when you know as well as I do that thereâ€™s never been anything between us but contempt and distrust and… — Richard Yates
Upon him the contempt of three planets descended. — Philip K. Dick
... don't ever underestimate people, don't ever underestimate the pleasure they receive from viewing pain that is not their own... Pain by itself is just… — Zadie Smith
These are the Seven Deadly Sins: Avarice, Envy, Pride, Gluttony, Lust, Anger, Sloth. These are the seven deadly sins: venality, paranoia, insecurity, excess, carnality, contempt,… — Martin Amis
We kill at every step, not only in wars, riots and executions. We kill when we close our eyes to poverty, suffering and shame.In the… — Hermann Hesse

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