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Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with contempt while we are living. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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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

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To observe a profoundly stupid individual can be very enriching, and that's why we should never feel contempt for them. ↗

— Claude Chabrol

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If ever a man and his wife, or a man and his mistress, who pass nights as well as days together, absolutely lay aside all good breeding, their intimacy will soon degenerate into a coarse familiarity, infallibly productive of contempt or disgust. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

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Research on child abuse suggests that religious beliefs can foster, encourage, and justify the abuse of children. When contempt for sex underlies teachings, this creates a breeding ground for abuse. ↗

— Mary Garden

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The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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To confer dignity, forgive. To express contempt, forget. ↗

— Mason Cooley

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