#despise

There is reason to think the most celebrated philosophers would have been bunglers at business; but the reason is because they despised it. ↗

— George Savile

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I know not what record of sin awaits me in the other world, but this I know, that I was never mean enough to despise any man because he was black. ↗

— John Albion Andrew

#awaits #because #black #despise #enough

Although I have to admit I have despised a couple of people simply because they have never had a job in their lives. ↗

— Jeffrey Bernard

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The men resent a woman getting any honour in what they consider is essentially their field. Men painters mostly despise women painters. So I have decided to stop squirming, to throw any honour in with Canada and women. ↗

— Emily Carr

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All strange and terrible events are welcome, but comforts we despise. ↗

— Cleopatra

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I despise simplicity. It is the negation of all that is beautiful. ↗

— Norman Hartnell

#despise #i #negation #simplicity

The dupe of friendship, and the fool of love; have I not reason to hate and to despise myself? Indeed I do; and chiefly for not having hated and despised the world enough. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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If I be worthy, I live for my God to teach the heathen, even though they may despise me. ↗

— Saint Patrick

#even #god #heathen #i #live

O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand. ↗

— William Penn

#help #i #i do #lord #me

Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

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