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- The pretty fellows you speak of, I own entertain me sometimes, but is it impossible to be diverted with what one despises?… — Mary Wortley Montagu
- If Islam despises Christianity, it has a thousandfold right to do so: Islam at least assumes that it is dealing with men. — Friedrich Nietzsche
- A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart. — Confucius
- Lying is a terrible vice, it testifies that one despises God, but fears men. — Michel de Montaigne
- On why I don't trust democracy without extremely powerful systems of accountability and recall What seems to be generosity is often only… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- The revolutionary despises public opinion. He despises and hates the existing social morality in all its manifestations. For him, morality is everything… — Sergey Nechayev
- When misguided public opinion honors what is despicable and despises what is honorable, punishes virtue and rewards vice, encourages what is harmful… — Frederic Bastiat
- When one is young, one venerates and despises without that art of nuances which constitutes the best gain of life. — Friedrich Nietzsche