Quote Genre: Contempt

Mark Twain – ‘Familiarity breeds contempt….

‘Familiarity breeds contempt. How accurate that is. The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so little opportunity to get familiar with it.’

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Abraham Cowley – ‘This only grant me that my m…

‘This only grant me that my means may lie Too low for envy for contempt too high.’

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John Ernst Steinbeck – ‘Ive seen a look in dogs eyes…

‘Ive seen a look in dogs eyes a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.’

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Ambrose Gwinett Bierce – ‘CONTEMPT n. The feeling of a…

‘CONTEMPT n. The feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too formidable safely to be opposed.’

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- ‘God shows his contempt for w…

‘God shows his contempt for wealth by the kind of person he selects to receive it.’

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Aesop – ‘Familiarity breeds contempt….

‘Familiarity breeds contempt.’

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Alice Duer Miller – ‘Contempt is the weapon of th…

‘Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against ones own despised and unwanted feelings.’

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Niccolo Machiavelli – ‘There is no surer sign of de…

‘There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.’

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Benjamin Franklin – ‘Pride that dines on vanity s…

‘Pride that dines on vanity sups on contempt.’

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Albert Einstein – ‘To punish me for my contempt…

‘To punish me for my contempt for authority fate made me an authority myself.’

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