#despise

The poor despise labor when performed by slaves. ↗

— George Mason

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The pretty fellows you speak of, I own entertain me sometimes, but is it impossible to be diverted with what one despises? I can laugh at a puppet show, at the same time I know there is nothing in it worth my attention or regard. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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But I think I can sincerely declare that I cheerfully submit myself to every odious name for conscience' sake; and from my soul I despise all those whose guilt, malice, or folly has made them my foes. ↗

— James Otis

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They don't ask much of you. They only want you to hate the things you love and to love the things you despise. ↗

— Boris Pasternak

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If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper - and despise it. ↗

— Andre Maurois

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Southern white people despise the Negro as a race, and will do nothing to aid in his elevation as such; but for certain individuals they have a strong affection, and are helpful to them in many ways. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

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

— George Santayana

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

— William Steig

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

— Andrew Sullivan

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