#despise

Revere thyself, and yet thyself despise. ↗

— Edward Young

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Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically. ↗

— Mao Zedong

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I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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I was born in a small suburb of Ilford in a rather nasty housing estate that my mother despised. She had grown up in the country, so when the war came and I was evacuated to Wales she thought I was much better off there. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#better off #born #came #country #despised

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Recipe writers hate to write about heat. They despise it. Because there aren't proper words for communicating what should be done with it. ↗

— Alton Brown

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We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

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I despise shopping and department stores. ↗

— Bethenny Frankel

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My intention to lecture is as vague as my intention is to go on the stage. I will never consider an offer to lecture, not because I despise the vocation, but because I have no desire to appear on the public rostrum. ↗

— Mary MacLane

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If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I'd still swim. And I'd despise the one who gave up. ↗

— Abraham Maslow

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