Affected Quote by David Hume

Self-contempt, however vague, sharpens our eyes for the imperfections of others. We usually strive to reveal in others the blemishes we hide in ourselves.

— Eric Hoffer

However we may flatter ourselves to the contrary, our friends think no higher of us than the world do. They see us through the…

— William Hazlitt

Contempt of others is the truest symptom of a base and bad heart,--while it suggests itself to the mean and the vile, and tickles…

— Henry Fielding

Contempt; the feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too formidable safely to be opposed.

— Ambrose Bierce

“Familiarity does breed contempt;—doesn’t it?”

— Anthony Trollope

Among the arts of conversation no one pleases more than mutual deference or civility, which leads us to resign our own inclinations to those…

— David Hume

Fearing no insult, asking for no crown, receive with indifference both flattery and slander, and do not argue with a fool.

— Alexander Pushkin

“Nowadays, when more subtle studies and more refined taste have reduced the art of pleasing into principles, a vile and misleading uniformity governs our…

— Jean Jacques Rousseau

All important persons have about them someone in a subordinate position who has their ear. These dependents are very susceptible to slights, and, when…

— W. Somerset Maugham

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

— Elizabeth Bowen

Society is infected with rude, cynical, restless, and frivolous persons who prey upon the rest, and whom no public opinion concentrated into good manners,…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Whether they be old or young, rich or poor, high or low, wise or foolish, ignorant or learned, every individual is seen to be…

— John Adams