Despicable Quote by Publilius Syrus Download Open image “He is a despicable sage whose wisdom does not profit himself.” — Publilius Syrus ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Despicable Doe Inspirational Profit Sage Wisdom
The sage acts without taking credit. He accomplishes without dwelling on it. He does not want to display his worth. — Laozi Copy Share Image
The sage never seems to know his own merits, for only by not noticing them can you call others' attention to them. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Everyone believes that he abounds in wisdom, but is short of money. — Marsilio Ficino Copy Share Image
The Sage expects no recognition for what he does; he achieves merit but does not take it to himself; he does not wish to… — Laozi Copy Share Image
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I would of course like to think I've never done a truly despicable thing, but then again you don't always know. — Finn Andrews Copy Share Image
I admire certain priests and nuns who go off on their own and do God's work on their own, who help in the ghettos,… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
Poverty, when it is voluntary, is never despicable, but takes an heroical aspect. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
I'm not saying that all women are blameless - all women are not. There are women with despicable characters who are cruel and terrible… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Lies hold civilization together. If people ever seriously begin telling each other what they really think, there'd be no peace. Good-bye to tact. Good-bye… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
I can play a man who's despicable. But I'll still look inside him to find a point of connection. If I can find that… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
The American experiment, the United States in the past eight years [2008-2016] was not considered worthy of leading, because we had committed too many… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Reaching into one's own pocket to assist his fellow man is noble and worthy of praise. Reaching into another person's pocket to assist one's… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
What Clinton did with Lewinsky was despicable but was no threat to the nation. That he lied about it repeatedly and to the public… — Donella Meadows Copy Share Image
Despair makes a despicable figure, and descends from a mean original. 'Tis the offspring of fear, of laziness and impatience; it argues a defect… — Jeremy Collier Copy Share Image
I guess there's nothing I don't like about Merlin, in this presentation. I love everything, even the things I find despicable and abhorrent in… — Joseph Fiennes Copy Share Image
Nothing is more despicable than a professional talker who uses his words as a quack uses his remedies — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
