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despises

«Fact is Our Lord knew all about the power of money: He gave capitalism a tiny niche in His scheme of things, He gave it a chance, He even provided a first installment of funds. Can you beat that? It's so magnificent. God despises nothing. After all, if the deal had come off, Judas would probably have endowed sanatoriums, hospitals, public libraries or laboratories.»
«It is impossible to read for pleasure from something to which you are both father and mother, born in such travail that the writer despises the thing that enslaved him.»
«He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding (Proverbs 15:32).»
«DANGER, n.A savage beast which, when it sleeps, Man girds at and despises, But takes himself away by leaps And bounds when it arises. --Ambat Delaso»
«Because the European does not know his own unconscious, he does not understand the East and projects it into everything he fears and despises in himself»
«He who praises me on all occasions is a fool who despises me or a knave who wishes to cheat me»
«A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.»
«His scorn of the great is repeated too often to be real; no man thinks much of that which he despises.»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | Keywords: despises
«A wise traveler never despises his own country.»
Author: William Hazlitt (Writer) | About: Country, Travel | Keywords: despises, traveler
«A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could.»

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