Despises Quotes

Whoever despises himself still esteems the despiser within himself. - Friedrich Nietzsche

Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises. - Friedrich Nietzsche

Where one despises, one cannot wage war. Where one commands, where one sees something beneath one, one ought not to wage war. - Friedrich Nietzsche

When an individual, a sect, a clique or a nation hates and despises another individual, sect, clique or nation, he or they simply do not know the objects of their hatred. Ignorance is at the bottom of it. - Paul Harris

The pretty fellows you speak of, I own entertain me sometimes, but is it impossible to be diverted with what one despises? I can laugh at a puppet show, at the same time I know there is nothing in it worth my attention or regard. - Mary Worley Montagu

The market despises extremes... That, in itself, causes the reverse. - James Dines

The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it. - George Washington

She likes herself, yet others hates, For that which in herself she prizes; And while she laughs at them, forgets She is the thing that she despises. - William Congreve

Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another. - Charles Caleb Colton

Once again, war came to our shores that killed thousands... despises everything America stands for. - Laura Bush