Contempt Quotes

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So different are the colors of life, as we look forward to the future, or backward to the past; and so different the opinions and… — Samuel Johnson
It is strange what a contempt men have for the joys that are offered them freely. — Georges Duhamel
Comedy is defiance. It's a snort of contempt in the face of fear and anxiety. And it's the laughter that allows hope to creep back… — Will Durst
Wrongs are often forgiven, but contempt never is. Our pride remembers it forever. — Lord Chesterfield
In proportion to the love existing among men, so will be the community of property and power. Among true and real friends, all is common;… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
He who lives according to the guidance of reason strives as much as possible to repay the hatred, anger, or contempt of others towards himself… — Baruch Spinoza
Patriotism is a survival from barbarous times which must not only be evoked and educated but which must be eradicated by all means - by… — Leo Tolstoy
We teach them to take their patriotism at second-hand; to shout with the largest crowd without examining into the right or wrong of the matter… — Mark Twain
If patriotism is good, then Christianity, which gives peace, is an idle dream, and the sooner this teaching is eradicated, the better. But if Christianity… — Leo Tolstoy
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since… — Albert Einstein
In Nature nothing; is mean or contemptible, and it is only pride, originating in a false idea of our superiority, which causes our contempt for… — Baron d'Holbach
In handling men, there are three feelings that a man must not possess-fear, dislike and contempt. If he is afraid of men he cannot handle… — Herbert Newton Casson
There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior… — Herbert Spencer
Familiarity breeds contempt. How accurate that is. The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so little opportunity to get familiar… — Mark Twain
Rage cannot be hidden, it can only be dissembled. This dissembling deludes the thoughtless, and strengthens rage and adds, to rage, contempt. — James A. Baldwin
For perpetrators, when they apologize and experience remorse, it gives them a chance to reclaim their own humanity. Some rise to the moral challenge. Others… — Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
The indifference, callousness and contempt that so many people exhibit toward animals is evil first because it results in great suffering in animals, and second… — Ashley Montagu
Of all afflictions, the worst is self contempt. — Berthold Auerbach
For my own part, I would rather be in company with a dead man than with an absent one; for if the dead man gives… — Lord Chesterfield
Renown? I've already got more of it than those I respect, and will never have as much as those for whom I feel contempt.. — Jean Rostand

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