Concern Quote by Marcus Aurelius

Contempt is not a thing to be despised.

— Edmund Burke

Do not despise any man, however poor he may be; but behave with full respect and kindness to every well-intentioned man, especially to the…

— John of Kronstadt

No man can fall into contempt but those who deserve it.

— Samuel Johnson

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

— Alice Miller

“Nothing that we despise in other men is inherently absent from ourselves. We must learn to regard people less in the light of what…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.

— Mencius

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

— Sarah Kane

Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.

— Thucydides

You despise a man for avarice; but you do not hate him.

— Samuel Johnson

If there is one person I do despise more than another, it is the man who does not think exactly the same on all…

— Jerome K. Jerome

Contemptuous people are sure to be contemptible.

— Nicolas Chamfort