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Despised Quotes

God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.

God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.

Saint Francis de Sales
Workmen, Persons, Despised

He who helped you when you were in trouble ought not afterwards be despised by you

Wilhelm Grimm
Trouble, Ought, Despised
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm (2013). “Complete Fairy Tales”, p.5, Routledge

I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.

Saint Patrick
Eye, Faithful, Despised

Ay, do despise me, I'm the prouder for it; I like to be despised.

Jonathan Swift
Pride, Despise, Despised

No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.

Plautus
Men, Relative, Despised

What you have despised in yourself as a thorn opens into a rose.

Rumi
Rose, Despised

An enemy despised is the most dangerous of all enemies.

Publilius Syrus
Enemy, Dangerous, Despised

No putt is too short to be despised.

Bobby Jones
Too Short, Despised

These moments of escape are not to be despised. They come too seldom.

Virginia Woolf
Moments, Despised
Virginia Woolf (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)”, p.1395, Delphi Classics

The bible belt is oral territory and therefore despised by the literati.

Marshall McLuhan
Territory, Belts, Despised
"The Critic", Vol. 33, Thomas More Association, p. 12, 1974.

I've always despised the hippies.

John Lydon
Hippie, Despised

The unconquerable pang of despised love.

William Wordsworth
Love, Unconquerable, Despised
William Wordsworth (1814). “The Excursion,: Being a Portion of The Recluse, a Poem”, p.291

Flattery leads to vulgarity; the flatterer is despised.

Nachman of Breslov
Flattery, Vulgarity, Despised

I have been despised by better men than you.

George R. R. Martin
Men, Despised, Has Beens
George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.3339, Bantam

Contempt is not a thing to be despised.

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

That danger which is despised arrives the soonest.

Decimus Laberius
Danger, Despised

Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.

Livy
Glory, Fame, Despised
"History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book II, section 47,

Those only are despicable who fear to be despised.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Contempt, Despicable, Despised

Which was worse: a friend with brain damage, or one who despised you?

Scott Westerfeld
Brain, Damage, Despised
Scott Westerfeld (2013). “Mind-Rain: Your Favorite Authors on Scott Westerfeld's Uglies Series”, p.46, BenBella Books, Inc.

Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.

Sallust
States, Honorable, Despised

Trump is especially reviled and despised because he's really a man. He's really a man. He's really what's wrong with men, and they just can't stand this.

Rush Limbaugh
Men, Trump, Despised
Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

He that is highest and worthiest was most fully made-nought and most utterly despised.

Julian of Norwich
Made, Despised, Highest
Julian of Norwich (2013). “The Showings of Divine Love”, p.41, Simon and Schuster

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