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Contempt Quotes by Saint Augustine
- The customs of God's people and the institutions of our ancestors are to be considered as laws. And those who throw contempt on the customs…
- Two loves have made two different cities: self-love hath made a terrestrial city, which rises in contempt of God; and Divine Love hath made a…
- 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…
More Contempt Quotes
- If there be no great love in the beginning, yet heaven may decrease it upon better acquaintance, when we are married and… — William Shakespeare
- He that compares what he has done with what he has left undone, will feel the effect which must always follow the… — Samuel Johnson
- The two sides of industry have traditionally always regarded each other in Britain with the greatest possible loathing, mistrust and contempt. They… — Auberon Waugh
- I've always thought if we don't want to enforce laws on the books, we should remove them from the books. But when… — Michael Bloomberg
- It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring… — W. E. B. Du Bois
- Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures. — Cesar Chavez
- We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory.… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
- Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt. — Minna Antrim