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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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He stared dully at the desolate, cold road and the pale, dead night. Nothing was colder or more dead than his heart. He had loved an angel and now he despised a woman. ↗

— Gaston Leroux

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When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable. ↗

— Xun Zi

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To supervise people, you must either surpass them in their accomplishments or despise them. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

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From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods. ↗

— Virgil

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I think the motion picture industry is a stupid business and I despise acting the scenes in short snatches, one at a time. I hate this film work. I am disgusted with myself. On the stage I could never play a part unless I felt it with all my heart and soul. ↗

— Conrad Veidt

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I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

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The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it. ↗

— George Washington

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My unhealthy affection for my second daughter has waned. Now I despise all my seven children equally. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

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