“ His friends he loved. His direst earthly foes — cats — I believe he did but feign to hate. My hand will miss the insinuated nose, mine eyes the tail that wagg'd contempt at Fate. ”
- Sir William Watson- Copy
- 2.5K
“ To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself. ”
- Albert Einstein- Copy
- 278
“ Familiarity breeds contempt. How accurate that is. The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so little opportunity to get familiar with it. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
- 1.7K
“ No man who worships education has got the best out of education… Without a gentle contempt for education no man's education is complete. ”
- Gilbert K. Chesterton- Copy
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“ When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence. ”
- Thomas Wentworth Higginson- Copy
- 1.4K
“ The tears stream down my cheeks from my unblinking eyes. What makes me weep so? There is nothing saddening here. Perhaps it is liquefied brain. ”
- Samuel Beckett- Copy
- 2.1K
“ Distance makes the heart grow fonder, and familiarity breeds contempt. According to this my soul mate should be in Thailand. ”
- Jason Zebehazy- Copy
- 3.6K
“ Although Alchemy has now fallen into contempt, and is even considered a thing of the past, the physicain should not be influenced by such judgements. ”
- Paracelsus- Copy
- 3.5K
“ That hatred springs more from self-contempt than from a legitimate grievance is seen in the intimate connection between hatred and a guilty conscience. ”
- Eric Hoffer- Copy
- 436
“ I grew up to have my father's looks - my fathers speech patterns - my father's posture - my father's walk - my father's opinions and my mother's contempt for my father. ”
- Jules Feiffer- Copy
- 3.9K
“ Comedy is defiance. It's a snort of contempt in the face of fear and anxiety. And it's the laughter that allows hope to creep back on the inhale. ”
- Will Durst- Copy
- 1.1K
“ It has been the political career of this man to begin with hypocrisy, proceed with arrogance, and finish with contempt. ”
- Thomas Paine- Copy
- 3.4K
“ What is this world that is hastening me toward I know not what, viewing me with contempt? ”
- Khalil Gibran- Copy
- 3.6K
“ May I make a suggestion, hoping it is not an impertinence? Write it down: write down what you feel. It is sometimes a wonderful help in misery. ”
- Robertson Davies- Copy
- 1.3K
“ The social principles of Christianity preach cowardice, self-contempt, abasement, submission, humility, in a word all the qualities of the canaille. ”
- Karl Marx- Copy
- 2K
“ He that would look with contempt on the pursuits of the farmer, is not worthy the name of a man. ”
- Henry Ward Beecher- Copy
- 140
“ Man is so much more sensitive to the contempt of others than to contempt for himself. ”
- Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche- Copy
- 3.8K
“ There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform. ”
- Xenophon- Copy
- 1.6K
“ I'm demanding that they charge me with contempt and with perjury, I'm demanding it. ”
- George Galloway- Copy
- 3.2K
“ I've spent my whole life working in a medium that was regarded with contempt largely because of historical reasons. ”
- Will Eisner- Copy
- 1.6K
“ Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,Since riches point to misery and contempt? ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 443
“ Speak with contempt of none, from slave to king, The meanest Bee hath, and will use, a sting. ”
- Benjamin Franklin- Copy
- 3.1K
“ Contempt for the world is what allows me to continue living in it. ”
- Matthew- Copy
- 2.9K
“ Do you know how many people ask me why I didn't hold you in contempt after the last stunt you pulled in this courtroom? ”
- David Davis- Copy
- 258
“ I view them with contempt and that contempt grows stronger every day. I am talking about the United States and Great Britain. ”
- Harold Pinter- Copy
- 3.6K
“ Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies. ”
- Bible- Copy
- 1.2K
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