Despises Quotes

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He will have true glory who despises it. — Livy
She likes herself, yet others hates, For that which in herself she prizes; And while she laughs at them, forgets She is the thing that… — William Congreve
A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could. — William Hazlitt
A wise traveler never despises his own country. — William Hazlitt
An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward. — Chief Joseph
Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises. — Friedrich Nietzsche
The Q I loathe and despise, the Q every single writer I know loathes and despises, is this one: 'Where,' the reader asks, 'do you… — Ayelet Waldman
The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests… — George Washington
Bolivia is a striking example. The mostly white, Europeanized elite, which is a minority, happens to be sitting on most of the hydrocarbon reserves. For… — Noam Chomsky
An elegant woman is a woman who despises you and has no hair under her arms. — Salvador Dali
He who despises himself esteems himself as a self-despiser. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Obscenity only comes in when the mind despises and fears the body, and the body hates and resists the mind. — D. H. Lawrence
The Conservative does not despise government. He despises tyranny. This is precisely why the Conservative reveres the Constitution and insists on adherence to it. — Mark Levin
I am a star in the firmament that observe the world, despises the world and consumed in its heat. I am the sea by night… — Hermann Hesse
Anna despises two classes of people: first, those who own their own homes and have cars and families, and second, everybody else. Constantly she is… — Elfriede Jelinek
When one is young, one venerates and despises without that art of nuances which constitutes the best gain of life, and it is only fair… — Friedrich Nietzsche
If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt. — Marcus Aurelius
We tend to have mixed feelings about the holy. There is a sense in which we are at the same time attracted to it and… — R C Sproul
I thought I was getting better at this. I thought I was starting to make peace with being in love with a girl who despises… — Holly Black
Rhoda comes now, having slipped in while we were not looking. She must have made a tortuous course, taking cover now behind a waiter, now… — Virginia Woolf

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