Despise Quotes

Whoever despises himself still esteems the despiser within himself.

For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise women the most.

Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness.

Dangers by being despised grow great.

It is only the ignorant who despise education.

If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.

Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself.

What a delight it is to make friends with someone you have despised.

If a man sets out to hate all the miserable creatures he meets, he will not have much energy left for anything else; whereas he can despise them, one and all, with the greatest ease.

He despises men with tenderness.