"Most people know nothing about learning; many despise……" — Thomas More
"Most people know nothing about learning; many despise it. Dummies reject as too hard whatever is not dumb."
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75 Quotes by Thomas More
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They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much…
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They set great store by their gardens . . . Their studie and deligence herein commeth not only of pleasure,…
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What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine
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What part soever you take upon you, play that as well as you can and make the best of it.
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Take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort…
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Getting married is like putting one's hand in a bag containing 99 serpents and one eel.
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By confronting us with irreducible mysteries that stretch our daily vision to include infinity, nature opens an inviting and guiding…
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The Utopians feel that slaughtering our fellow creatures gradually destroys the sense of compassion, which is the finest sentiment of…
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There are several sorts of religions, not only in different parts of the island, but even in every town; some…
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The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.
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A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.
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The heart that has truly loved never forgets.
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More Despise Quotes
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one of 548 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.
— Marcus Aurelius
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A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled.
— James A. Baldwin
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For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the…
— Annie Besant
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Yes, war is hell. It is awful. It involves human beings killing other human beings, sometimes innocent civilians. That is…
— John O. Brennan
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Recipe writers hate to write about heat. They despise it. Because there aren't proper words for communicating what should be…
— Alton Brown
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Mind you, I've always been a very off-message type of fat broad; one who gladly admits she reached the size…
— Julie Burchill
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Being a monarchist, and fawning over those 'above' you, you must naturally despise those 'below' or on the same socioeconomic…
— Julie Burchill
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Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.
— Noam Chomsky
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I am circumcised, and I tell you something, I despise it. I despise it. I despise it... I am completely…
— Howard Stern
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If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of…
— William Cowper
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Where one despises, one cannot wage war.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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