Contempt Quotes

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Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into contempt. — Henry Bolingbroke
Free' is more of that 'familiarity breeds contempt' kind of thing. It's about saying 'Wait, I'm longing for something more than I have and I… — Jon Crosby
The insolence of the vulgar is in proportion to their ignorance. They treat everything with contempt which they do not understand. — William Hazlitt
There is no room in the universe for the least contempt or pride; but only for a gentle and a reverent heart. — James Martineau
Democratic societies can no longer give religious fanatics a free hand to abuse and murder non believers. Such action betrays contempt for the basic human… — Armstrong Williams
Chaos claims the unwary or the incomplete. A true man may flinch away its embrace, if he is stalwart, and he girds his soul with… — Dan Abnett
I have a deep-seated distrust and even contempt for people who are driven by ambition to conquer the world â€¦ those who cannot control themselves… — Saul Leiter
Although Salinger had long since cut me out of his life completely and made it plain that he had nothing but contempt for me, the… — Joyce Maynard
I was recently asked what it takes to become a writer. Three things, I answered: first, one must cultivate incompetence at almost every other form… — Joseph Epstein
I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration. — Orson Scott Card
What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of others. — Joseph Priestley
Be neat, Philothea; let nothing be negligent about you. It is a kind of contempt of those with whom we converse, to frequent their company… — Saint Francis de Sales
He sees such a desperate rapaciousness prevail; such a disregard to equity, such contempt of order, such stupid blindness to future consequences, as must immediately… — David Hume
The Negro cannot win the respect of his oppressor by acquiescing; he merely increases the oppressor's arrogance and contempt. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
We are less hurt by the contempt of fools than by the lukewarm approval of men of intelligence. — Luc de Clapiers
In regard to the so-called social contract, I have often had occasion to protest that I haven't even seen the contract, much less been asked… — Robert Higgs
The real test of nonviolence lies in its being brought in contact with those who have contempt for it. — Mahatma Gandhi
I grew up to have my father's looks, my father's speech patterns, my father's posture, my father's opinions, and my mother's contempt for my father. — Jules Feiffer
Hezbollah's contempt for human suffering is total, as it showed once again this morning when its rockets murdered two Israeli Arab children in Nazareth. — Tom Lantos
If you will not have it thus: if in the pride of power, if in contempt of reason and reliance upon force, you say we… — Jefferson Davis

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