Despise Quote by William Cowper

“No one is despised by others unless he be previously despised by himself: a groveling and abject mind may fall an easy prey to…

— Seneca

“The way to keep down hatred and contempt is certainly not to look for a man's alleged "dignity," but, on the contrary, to regard…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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

Those who merely possess the goods of fortune may be haughty and insolent; . . . they try to imitate the great-souled man without…

— Aristotle

“There are many good people who are denied the supreme blessing of children, and for these we have the respect and sympathy always due…

— Theodore Roosevelt

It is noble to pity a man who is cruel because he is weak, but it is idiotic and dangerous to allow him to…

— Kate Horsley

Nothing that is not a real crime makes a man appear so contemptible and little in the eyes of the world as inconsistency, especially…

— Joseph Addison

The man of noble mind seeks to achieve the good in others and not their evil. The little-minded man is the reverse of this.

— Confucius

There is nothing magnanimous in bearing misfortunes with fortitude, when the whole world is looking on.... He who, without friends to encourage or even…

— Oliver Goldsmith

“...a great man who is vicious will only be a great doer of evil, and a rich man who is not liberal will be…

— Miguel Cervantes

Great men cultivate love and only little men cherish a spirit of hatred; assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it…

— Booker T. Washington

Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes.

— Aesop