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“for all contempt turns upon the contemptuous, as it must.”

— Stephen R. Donaldson

“It is so refreshing to be treated with contempt.”

— Julianne Donaldson

“Consult, v.t. To seek another’s approval of a course already decided on. Contempt, n. The feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who…

— Ambrose Bierce

“That for which we find words is something already dead in our hearts. There is always a kind of contempt in the act of…

— Nietzsche

“avoid contempt, both of others and of yourself: what seems bad to you in yourself is purified by the very fact that you have…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“If it isn’t snide or contemptuous, it isn’t worth the time to say it.”

— Wade Kelly

“Every anonymous communication is deserving of contempt, just because it's not signed.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“- Please. Don't switch off my mind by attempting to straighten me. Listen and understand, and when you feel contempt don't express it, at…

— Sarah Kane

“Contempt, disdain, scorn: these emotions were stops along a closed loop that originated and terminated in a sense of superiority.”

— Kamila Shamsie

“Familiarity does not breed contempt. Anyone who says otherwise is trying to hide the secret conviction that they’re boring.”

— Patrick Honovich

“Be convinced, that there are no persons so insignificant and inconsiderable, but may, some time or other, have it in their power to be…

— Robert Greene

“Polite contempt. The barbed and poisonous weapon of the righteous.”

— Joanne Harris