Contempt Quotes

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We ought to give thanks for all fortune: it is is good, because it is good, if bad, because it works in us patience, humility… — C.S. Lewis
For those who would joyously march in rank and file, they have already earned my contempt, for they were given a large brain by accident… — Albert Einstein
Laughter's the nearest we ever get, or should get, to sainthood. It's the state of grace that saves most of us from contempt. — John Osborne
To show pity is felt as a sign of contempt because one has clearly ceased to be an object of fear as soon as one… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Prosperity has this property; it puffs up narrow souls, makes them imagine themselves high and mighty, and leads them to look down upon the world… — Plutarch
Sin is the dare of God's justice, the rape of His mercy, the jeer of His patience, the slight of His power, and the contempt… — John Bunyan
Welfare is hated by those who administer it, mistrusted by those who pay for it and held in contempt by those who receive it. — Peter C Goldmark Jr
The virtues you possess now bring you eternal pain. All you have is contempt for a life you can't obtain. — Hatebreed
Ah, there is nothing more beautiful than the difference between the thought about sinful creatures which is natural to a holy being, and the thought… — Alexander MacLaren
We awake every day chose to live life, but it's disregarded as what we choose to do. — Denise Clark
This parable is for some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt. Two men went up into the temple… — Glen Rambharack
Ignorance, forgetfulness, or contempt of the rights of manare the only causes of public misfortunes and of the corruption of governments. — French National Assembly
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… — Philip Dormer Stanhope
There is no room in the universe for the least contempt or pride; but only for a gentle and reverent heart. — James Martineau
Speak nothing into the ears of a man without discernment, Lest he treat your wise words with contempt. - PROVERBS 23:9 — Bible

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