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

— Stephen R. 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

“There are more things in people that are rather worth of admiration than contempt.”

— Albert Camus

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

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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

— Kamila Shamsie

“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

“They dislike, therefore, to hear of 'contempt' of themselves. So I will appeal to their pride.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“I have a proud character that cannot bear contempt.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Chivalry is the most delicate form of contempt.

— Albert Guerard

“There is a certain kind of dignity we admire, and to which we aspire, in the person who refuses to meet anger with anger,…

— Desmond Tutu

“You're mistaking bitter animosity for heartfelt affection.”

— Michelle Hodkin

“Our polarization, and the increasing reality that we simply don't know each other, makes it too easy to settle for dislike and contempt.”

— Arlie Russell Hochschild