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Contempt Quotes - Page 4

Go let thy less than woman's hand Assume the distaff not the brand.

Go let thy less than woman's hand Assume the distaff not the brand.

Lord Byron (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)”, p.789, Delphi Classics

Familiarity seems to breed contempt

Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga: A Strange and Terrible Saga”, p.254, Ballantine Books

To be too busie gets contempt.

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.352

A horse, if he happens to have a contemptuous disposition, can sneer very effectively.

Esther Meynell (1940). “A Woman Talking”, London, Chapman & Hall [1940.]

He managed to convey indifference, contempt, and boredom in the one word.

Charlaine Harris (2009). “Dead and Gone: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel”, p.85, Penguin

In the United States we have a society pervaded from top to bottom by contempt for the law.

Barbara W. Tuchman (2011). “Practicing History: Selected Essays”, p.305, Random House