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The dupe of friendship, and the fool of love; have I not reason to hate and to despise myself? Indeed I do; and chiefly for not having hated and despised the world enough. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand. ↗

— William Penn

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Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

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For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise women the most. ↗

— Annie Besant

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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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I know the responsibility that entails from telling a story. The one thing I despise the most is when I go to a movie and I see a whole bunch of lazy actors making me waste my time and money. ↗

— Zoe Saldana

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We must never undervalue any person. The workman loves not that his work should be despised in his presence. Now God is present everywhere, and every person is His work. ↗

— Saint Francis de Sales

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Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised. ↗

— Sallust

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

— George Santayana

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