Contempt

Men despise what they do not understand.

— Contempt

Contempt is not a thing to be despised.

— Contempt

Go—let thy less than woman's handAssume the distaff—not the brand.

— Contempt

When they talk'd of their Raphaels, Correggios, and stuff,He shifted his trumpet, and only took snuff.

— Contempt

The infidelity of the Gentile world, and that more especially of men of rank and learning in it, is resolved into a principle which, in my judgment, will account for the inefficacy of any argument, or any evidence whatever, viz. contempt prior to investigation.

— Contempt

Grown all to all, from no one vice exempt,And most contemptible to shun contempt.

— Contempt

Call me what instrument you will, though you can fret me, yet you cannot play upon me.

— Contempt

I had rather chop this hand off at a blow,Than bear so low a sail, to strike to thee.

— Contempt

The spirit of contempt is the true spirit of Antichrist; for no other is more directly opposed to Christ.

— Contempt

Christ saw much in this world to weep over, and much to pray over: but he saw nothing in it to look upon with contempt.

— Contempt

There is no room in the universe for the least contempt or pride; but only for a gentle and a reverent heart.

— Contempt

Nothing is so contemptible as habitual contempt. It is impossible to remain long under its control without being dwarfed by its influence.

— Contempt

Ah, there is nothing more beautiful than the difference between the thought about sinful creatures which is natural to a holy being, and the thought about sinful creatures which is natural to a self-righteous being. The one is all contempt: the other, all pity.

— Contempt

Contempt leaves a deeper scar than anger.

— Contempt