#despise

The poor despise labor when performed by slaves. ↗

— George Mason

#labor #performed #poor #slaves

Do you know what a soldier is, young man? He's the chap who makes it possible for civilised folk to despise war. ↗

— Allan Massie

#civilised #despise #do you know #folk #know

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

#despise #infirmities #most #our #savage

I despise the phony, fancy-pants rhetoric of professors aping jargon-filled European locutions - which have blighted academic film criticism for over 30 years. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#criticism #despise #european #film #film criticism

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

#deceives #despises #dupe #himself #hypocrite

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

— Andre Maurois

#him #like #liking #man #newspaper

What do you despise? By this you are truly known. ↗

— Michelangelo

#known #truly #you

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

#aid #certain #despise #elevation #helpful

An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#brave man #coward #despises #indian #man