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What is sacred among one people may be ridiculous in another; and what is despised or rejected by one cultural group, may in a different environment become the cornerstone for a great edifice of strange grandeur and beauty. ↗

— Hu Shih

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I've always despised old people. I got angry at my father when he began to show signs of age. ↗

— William Steig

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When you put a tiny and despised minority up for a popular vote, the minority usually loses. ↗

— Andrew Sullivan

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The native American has been generally despised by his white conquerors for his poverty and simplicity. ↗

— Charles Eastman

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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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