#despise

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

— Michel de Montaigne

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Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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Can't really despise people you don't know. ↗

— Richard D. James

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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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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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People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not even-handed. God is biased, in favor of the weak, of the despised. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

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We avenge intellect when we dupe a fool, and it is a victory not to be despised for a fool is covered with steel and it is often very hard to find his vulnerable part. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

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If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

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