#contemptible

Taught to regard a part of our own Species in the most abject and contemptible Degree below us, we lose that Idea of the dignity of Man which the Hand of Nature had implanted in us, for great and useful purposes. ↗

— George Mason

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When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man. ↗

— Diogenes

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

— Samuel Butler

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What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? ↗

— W. Clement Stone

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How can a Man respect his Wife when he has a contemptible Opinion of her and her Sex? ↗

— Mary Astell

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There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman. ↗