Contempt Quotes

515 quotes by 379 authors

She'd always been a little contemptuous of beauty, as though it was something you had to trade away some other vital thing for. — Holly Black
I earnestly wish to point out in what true dignity and human happiness consists. I wish to persuade women to endeavor to acquire strength, both… — Mary Wollstonecraft
A man's admiration for absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him. — Alexis de Tocqueville
Her contempt for me was so strong, that it became infectious, and I caught it. — Charles Dickens
Contempt, thought Tyrion, the universal tongue. — George R. R. Martin
For people could close their eyes to greatness, to horrors, to beauty, and their ears to melodies or deceiving words. But they couldn't escape scent.… — Patrick SÃ¼skind
all men carry murder in their hearts, yet even so, the poisoner is beneath contempt. — George R. R. Martin
Adieu! but let me cherish, still, The hope with which I cannot part. Contempt may wound, and coldness chill, But still it lingers in my… — Anne Bronte
In his extreme youth Stoner had thought of love as an absolute state of being to which, if one were lucky, one might find access;… — John Edward Williams
It's just this: that there are places we all come from-deep-rooty-common places- that makes us who we are. And we disdain them or treat them… — Robert Fulghum
I still believe in man in spite of man. I believe in language even though it has been wounded, deformed, and perverted by the enemies… — Elie Wiesel
Be grateful to everyone" is about making peace with the aspects of ourselves that we have rejected... If we were to make a list of… — Pema Chodron
Familiarity seems to breed contempt — Hunter S. Thompson
Itâ€™s very difficult to feel contempt for others when you see yourself in the mirror. — Harold Pinter
This was, I would later realise, a planet of things wrapped inside things. Food inside wrappers. Bodies inside clothes. Contempt inside smiles. Everything was hidden… — Matt Haig
I'm feeling how profoundly my family disappointed me and in the end how I retreated, how I became nothing, because that was much less risky… — A.M. Homes
Ronan merely invested a look with as much contempt as he could muster. A lady reached over the top of Noah to pat Matthew's head… — Maggie Stiefvater
We looked at each other. And it occurred to me that despite his faults, which were numerous and spectacular, the reason Iâ€™d liked Boris and… — Donna Tartt
Where nature is concerned, familiarity breeds love and knowledge, not contempt. — Stewart Udall
Well, I will scourge those apes, And to these courteous eyes oppose a mirror, As large as is the stage whereon we act; Where they… — Ben Jonson

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