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Better to be despised, then, than to be ignored; or damned with condescending praise.

Joyce Carol Oates
Ignored, Praise, Condescending
Joyce Carol Oates (1989). “(Woman) writer: occasions and opportunities”, Plume
Better to be despised, then, than to be ignored; or damned with condescending praise.