Albert Einstein - Kenneth Williams - William Shakespeare - Aesop - Alice Miller - Philip Stanhope - Mark Twain - Lucius Seneca - Fyodor Dostoyevsky -
To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself. Albert Einstein
I have a secret contempt for all weakness, including my own. Kenneth Williams, Fantabulosa! BBC 2006
What our contempts doth often hurl from us
We wish it ours again. William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra I ii 116-117, Antony
Contempt and clamour
Will be my knell. William Shakespeare, A Winter’s Tale I ii 190-191, Leontes
Familiarity breeds contempt. (Contempt & Familiar) Aesop
Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings. Alice Miller
There is nothing that people bear more impatiently, or forgive less, than contempt: and an injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
Familiarity breeds contempt – and children. Mark Twain
Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
I have a proud character that cannot bear contempt. Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov