#despise

Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised. ↗

— Sallust

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Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself. ↗

— George Santayana

#despise #dignity #himself #his #man

I've always despised old people. I got angry at my father when he began to show signs of age. ↗

— William Steig

#always #angry #began #despised #father

When you put a tiny and despised minority up for a popular vote, the minority usually loses. ↗

— Andrew Sullivan

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At first, they'll only dislike what you say, but the more correct you start sounding the more they'll dislike you. ↗

— Criss Jami

#argumentation #avoidance #challenge #challenger #contempt

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

— Cleopatra

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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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A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

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