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It is often more necessary to conceal contempt than resentment; the former is never forgiven, but the later is sometimes forgotten.
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Man is so much more sensitive to the contempt of others than to contempt for himself
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Men are much more unrolling to have their weaknesses and their imperfections known than their crimes; and if you hint to a man that you think him silly, ignorant, or even ill-bred or awkward, he will hate you more and longer than if you tell him plainly that you think him a rogue.
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No man can fall into contempt but those who deserve it.
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None but the contemptible are apprehensive of contempt
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Nothing is so contemptible as the sentiments of the mob
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Nothing so contemptible as habitual contempt.
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Nothing, says Longinus, can be great, the contempt of which is great.
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O! What a deal of scorn looks beautiful In the contempt and anger of his lip.
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Speak with contempt of no man. Every one hath a tender sense of reputation. And every man hath a sting, which he may, if provoked too far, dart out at one time or other.
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The spirit of contempt is the true spirit of Antichrist; for no other is more directly opposed to Christ.
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There is no action in the behavior of one man toward another of which human nature is more impatient than of contempt, it being the undervaluing of a man upon a belief of his utter uselessness and inability.
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There is nothing that people bear more impatiently, or forgive less, than contempt: and an injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult
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There’s nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair. [Lat., Calvo turpius est nihil compto.]
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Those only are despicable who fear to be despised.
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Those who are contemptuous of everyone are more than anyone terrified of contempt
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To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt
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When they talk’d of their Raphaels, Correggios, and stuff, He shifted his trumpet, and only took snuff.
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Whoever imagines himself a favorite with God holds others in contempt
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Wrongs are often forgiven; but contempt never is. Our pride remembers it forever. It implies a discovery of weaknesses, which we are much more careful to conceal than crimes. Many a man will confess his crimes to a common friend, but I never knew a man who would tell his silly weaknesses to his most intimate one.
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