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Contempt Quotes - Page 2

The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.

The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.

H.L. Mencken (2013). “Minority Report”, p.100, Knopf

That clergyman soon becomes an object of contempt who being often asked out to dinner never refuses to go.

St. Jerome (2012). “The Sacred Writings of Saint Jerome (Annotated Edition)”, p.199, Jazzybee Verlag

Whoever imagines himself a favorite with God holds others in contempt.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.444, Library of Alexandria

Most of my adult life I had this towering contempt for America.

"'America has become this soulless suburban culture'" by Robert Crumb, www.theguardian.com. March 9, 2005.

No man can fall into contempt but those who deserve it.

Samuel Johnson (2011). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vols 11-13: Debates in Parliament”, p.342, Yale University Press

I find my familiarity with thee has bred contempt.

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.116, Wordsworth Editions

It is a sad thing that our schoolboys look upon manual labour with disfavour, if not contempt.

Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.175, Rajpal & Sons

Contempt is not a thing to be despised.

Edmund Burke (1855). “The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: Charge against Warren Hastings concluded. Political letters”, p.299