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Despise Quotes by Thucydides
- For men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.
- It is a general rule of human nature that people despise those who treat them well, and look up to those who make no concessions.
- Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.
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