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There is reason to think the most celebrated philosophers would have been bunglers at business; but the reason is because they despised it.


George Savile


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Although I have to admit I have despised a couple of people simply because they have never had a job in their lives.


Jeffrey Bernard


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The dupe of friendship, and the fool of love; have I not reason to hate and to despise myself? Indeed I do; and chiefly for not having hated and despised the world enough.


William Hazlitt


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People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not even-handed. God is biased, in favor of the weak, of the despised.


Desmond Tutu


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Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.


Robert Burns


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We avenge intellect when we dupe a fool, and it is a victory not to be despised for a fool is covered with steel and it is often very hard to find his vulnerable part.


Giacomo Casanova


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The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the latter lest he be plundered.


Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach


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Women's strong qualities have become despised because of their weakness. The obvious remedy is to create a feminine character with all the strength of Superman plus all the allure of a good and beautiful woman.


William Moulton Marston


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Callousness and insolence bring to bare unanimous social condemnation, while the simple efforts of politeness are admired; even in those who are otherwise despised.


Bryant H. McGill


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Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings.


Alice Duer Miller


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