#contemptible

Wit is the most rascally, contemptible, beggarly thing on the face of the earth. ↗

— Arthur Murphy

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It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly contemptible. ↗

— Arthur Machen

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For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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Might, could, would - they are contemptible auxiliaries. ↗

— George Eliot

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There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman. ↗

— Henry Fielding

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There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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