Contempt Quote by Isaac Barrow

I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.

— Isaac Barrow

Good manners can render even virtue tolerable.

— Mason Cooley

Reverence is an ennobling sentiment; it is felt to be degrading only by the vulgar mind, which would escape the sense of its own…

— Washington Allston

Political correctness is tyranny with manners.

— Charlton Heston

Notice that 'acceptable' self mocks, trivializes and thwarts the truth seeking process in any way it can.

— Shirley

I think I can be quite cheeky at times.

— Joe Root

It's not a face, but a personal insult.

— Faina Ranevskaya

Contempt is a well-recognized defensive reaction.

— I. A. Richards

Familiarity gives rise to contempt.

— Aesop

When people talk about political correctness, the only element of any value is good manners.

— Paul Johnson

Contemptuous people are sure to be contemptible.

— Nicolas Chamfort

With whose imperfections will you bear, and what insult are you capable of enduring, if a thoughtless word from your own Superior is unbearable?

— Vincent de Paul