best quotations about
Contempt |
and Scorn
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Quotations
 | The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 29 likes |
 | General Knowledges are those Knowledges that Idiots possess. — William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter 9 likes |
 | Many can bear Adversity, but few Contempt. — Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734, English physician and adage collector 6 likes |
 | Wrongs are often forgiven, but contempt never is. Our pride remembers it forever. — Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, English statesman & writer 5 likes |
 | To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same contempt for them all. — Karl Kraus, 1874-1936, Austrian writer 5 likes |
 | Contempt for men is common among politicians, but confidential. — André Malraux, 1901-1976, French writer & statesman 5 likes |
 | Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another’s money. Idiots! — Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher 4 likes |
| Hatred is a thing of the heart, contempt a thing of the head. And neither feeling is quite within our control. — Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher 4 likes |
 | He had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it. — Somerset Maugham, 1874-1965, British writer 4 likes |
 | Let us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hands and an infinite contempt in our hearts. — Benito Moussolini, 1883-1945, Italian dictator 1 likes |
 | I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts. |
 | Familiarity breeds contempt, but without a little familiarity it's impossible to breed anything. |
 | It is dependency, not familiarity, that breeds contempt. — Marty Rubin, 1930-1994, Canadian gay activist, author & journalist |
 | Reason is a whore, the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but more frequently than not struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God. — Martin Luther, 1483-1546, German theologian, protagonist of Reformation |
Ancient Greek
 | Do not reproach a man with his misfortunes, fearing lest Nemesis may overtake you. Ατυχίαν μη ονειδίζειν, νέμεσιν αιδούμενον. — Pittacus of Mytilene, 650-570 BC, one of the 7 sages of Ancient Greece 4 likes |
Proverbs
 | Familiarity breeds contempt. 4 likes |
Movie Quotes
 | The cinema substitutes for our gaze at a world more in harmony with our desires. “Contempt” is a story of that world. — from the film Contempt (1963) 3 likes |
