Contemptible Quotes

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• Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false Joseph Addison
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  Keywords: amiable :: and :: contemptible :: false :: is :: modesty :: more :: nothing :: than :: the :: true

  Subject: Modesty Quotes

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• When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. Edmund Burke
  Author: Edmund Burke Quotes

  Keywords: an :: associate :: bad :: by :: combine :: contemptible :: else :: fall :: good :: in :: men :: must :: one :: sacrifice :: struggle :: the :: they :: unpitied :: when :: will

  Subject: Politics Quotes

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• It is only poverty that makes celibacy contemptible. A single woman of good fortune is always respectable. Jane Austen
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  Keywords: always :: celibacy :: contemptible :: fortune :: good :: is :: it :: makes :: of :: only :: poverty :: respectable :: single :: that :: woman

  Subject: Marriage Quotes :: Single Women Quotes :: Women`s Independence Quotes

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• Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury - to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for every one, best both for the body and the mind. Albert Einstein
  Author: Albert Einstein Quotes

  Keywords: always :: and :: been :: believe :: best :: body :: both :: contemptible :: every :: for :: have :: is :: life :: luxury :: manner :: me :: mind :: of :: one :: outward :: possessions :: publicity :: simple :: success :: that :: the :: these :: to :: unassuming

  Subject: Advertising Quotes :: Life Quotes

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• When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man. Alan Vinegrad
  Author: Alan Vinegrad Quotes

  Keywords: all :: and :: as :: beings :: contemptible :: is :: look :: man :: men :: nothing :: of :: philosophers :: priests :: prophets :: science :: seamen :: the :: upon :: when :: wisest

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• What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? Andrew Karmen
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  Keywords: contemptible :: cork :: has :: lunch :: my :: scoundrel :: stolen :: the :: to :: what

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• Taught to regard a part of our own Species in the most abject and contemptible Degree below us, we lose that Idea of the dignity of Man which the Hand of Nature had implanted in us, for great and useful purposes. Alex Maskey
  Author: Alex Maskey Quotes

  Keywords: abject :: and :: below :: contemptible :: degree :: dignity :: for :: great :: had :: hand :: idea :: implanted :: in :: lose :: man :: most :: nature :: of :: our :: own :: part :: purposes :: regard :: species :: taught :: that :: the :: to :: us :: useful :: we :: which

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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. Al Fracassa
  Author: Al Fracassa Quotes

  Keywords: attempting :: better :: contemptible :: department :: exquisite :: fail :: he :: in :: it :: of :: succeed :: than :: the :: things :: thought :: to :: utterly :: was

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• It is curious that what is widely thought of as a contemptible aspect of Senator McCarthy`s method actually amounts to nothing more than his intimacy with people. McCarthy`s continuous appeal to the people sorely aggravates the same Liberals whose certifi... Anne VanBeber
  Author: Anne VanBeber Quotes

  Keywords: actually :: aggravates :: amounts :: appeal :: as :: aspect :: certifie :: contemptible :: continuous :: curious :: his :: intimacy :: is :: it :: liberals :: mccarthy :: method :: more :: nothing :: of :: people :: same :: senator :: sorely :: than :: that :: the :: thought :: to :: what :: whose :: widely :: with

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• The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. The trite subjects of human efforts, possessions, outward success, luxury have always seemed to me contempt... Albert Einstein
  Author: Albert Einstein Quotes

  Keywords: after :: always :: and :: beauty :: been :: cheerfully :: contemptible :: courage :: efforts :: face :: given :: have :: human :: ideals :: kindness :: life :: lighted :: luxury :: me :: my :: new :: of :: outward :: possessions :: seemed :: subjects :: success :: the :: time :: to :: trite :: truth :: way :: which

  Subject: Kindness Quotes

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• The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a "but". Abhinav Bindra
  Author: Abhinav Bindra Quotes

  Keywords: and :: but :: contemptible :: first :: is :: it :: kind :: man :: meanest :: most :: of :: praise :: qualifies :: speaks :: that :: the :: then :: well :: which :: with

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• The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore. Adrian Edmonson
  Author: Adrian Edmonson Quotes

  Keywords: be :: bore :: bored :: contemptible :: even :: himself :: is :: lets :: man :: more :: than :: the :: who

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