Contempt Quote by Henry Fielding

Everything can be borne except contempt.

— Voltaire

Contempt is not a thing to be despised.

— Edmund Burke

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

— Alice Miller

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

— Neal A. Maxwell

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

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Contemptuous people are sure to be contemptible.

— Nicolas Chamfort

The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.

— H. L. Mencken

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 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 is a well-recognized defensive reaction.

— I. A. Richards

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

— Stephen R. Donaldson

None but the contemptible are apprehensive of contempt.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld