Blow Quote by George Eliot

Contempt is a dangerous emotion, luring us into believing that we understand more than we do. Contempt causes us to jeer rather than speak,…

— Scott Spencer

Contempt is the emotion we feel for an opponent whose arguments are too formidable to refute.

— Ann Coulter

Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings.

— Alice Miller

Contempt is not a thing to be despised. It may be borne with a calm and equal mind, but no man, by lifting his…

— Edmund Burke

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

— Ambrose Bierce

Contempt is a well-recognized defensive reaction.

— I. A. Richards

Contempt for others, like masturbation, is best as a secret pleasure.

— Mason Cooley

Chivalry is the most delicate form of contempt.

— Albert Guerard

Genuine contempt, on the other hand, is the unsullied conviction of the worthlessness of another.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Contempt is a kind of gangrene which, if it seizes one part of a character, corrupts all the rest by degrees.

— Samuel Johnson

We must endure the contempt of others without reciprocating that contempt.

— Neal A. Maxwell

“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