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Quotations
 | The more I see of the moneyed classes, the more I understand the guillotine — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 12 likes |
 | The rich man despises those who flatter him too much, and hates those who do not flatter him at all. — Talleyrand, 1754-1838, French statesman & diplomat 9 likes |
 | Hell is other people. — Jean-Paul Sartre, 1905-1980, French philosopher 7 likes |
 | I did not hate God or Christ, but merely the God and Christ of the people whom I hated. — Aleister Crowley, 1875-1945, British magician & occultist, 7 likes |
 | I hate mankind, for I think of myself as one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am. — Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer 5 likes |
 | The English country gentleman galloping after a fox: the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable. — Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer 4 likes |
 | There are many things we despise in order that we may not have to despise ourselves. — Vauvenargues, 1715-1747, French author of maxims 4 likes |
 | In case you haven’t noticed, we are now almost as feared and hated all over the world as the Nazis were. — Kurt Vonnegut, 1922-2007, American writer 4 likes |
 | You may admire yourself without despising others, but how can you admire others without despising yourself? — Jean Rostand, 1894-1977, French scientist & philosopher 4 likes |
 | Hollywood is a trip through a sewer in a glass-bottom boat. — Wilson Mizner, 1876-1913, American playwright 3 likes |
| I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating. — Jean-Paul Sartre, 1905-1980, French philosopher 3 likes |
 | We cannot hate those who we despise. — Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983, American writer & philosopher 3 likes |
 | To govern men, you must either excel them in their accomplishments, or despise them. — Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881, British Prime Minister 3 likes |
 | To despise our own species is the price we must often pay for knowledge of it. — Charles Caleb Colton, 1780-1832, English cleric & writer 3 likes |
 | Of course he despised the world as a whole; every thoughtful man should; it is almost a test of refinement. — E. M. Forster, 1879-1970, British writer 3 likes |
 | You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good... Joan Crawford is dead. Good. — Bette Davis, 1908-1989, American actress 3 likes |
 | My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. My pleasures are the most intense known to man: writing and butterfly hunting. — Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer 3 likes |
| I wouldn't piss on Joan Crawford if she were on fire. — Bette Davis, 1908-1989, American actress 2 likes |
 | I am unable to understand how a man of honor could take a newspaper in his hands without a shudder of disgust. — Charles Baudelaire, 1821-1867, French poet 2 likes |
 | There are some persons who only disgust with their abilities, there are persons who please even with their faults. — La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French writer 2 likes |
 | To my disappointment I now realized that to know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody. |
 | Because, to despise money, one must have plenty of it. |
 | I love trying things and discovering how I hate them. |
| I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze. |
 | I don’t know what a scoundrel is like, but I know what a respectable man is like, and it’s enough to make one’s flesh creep. — Joseph De Maistre, 1753-1821, Savoyard diplomat & philosopher |
 | — You despise me, don't you? — If I gave you any thought I probably would. — from the film Casablanca (1942) |
 | The Epicurean finds all that is not excellent detestable. |
 | An elegant woman is a woman who despises you and has no hair under her arms. |
 | Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate, or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. |
 | There is someone worse than the hangman. It is his assistant. — Comte de Mirabeau, 1749-1791, main figure of the French Revolution |
Funny Quotes
 | He looks as though he's been weaned on a pickle. — Alice Roosevelt Longworth, 1884-1980, daughter of Theodore Roosevelt (on US president Calvin Coolidge) 2 likes |
 | I despise money, especially small change. |
Movie Quotes
 | - You're disgusting, but I love you. - Well, my disgustingness is my best feature. — from the film Love and Death (1975) 4 likes |
