Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly but we consider it false and despise its adherents.

Do you know what a soldier is young man? He's the chap who makes it possible for civilised folk to despise war.

Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches but they mean the riches possessed by others.

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

Women's strong qualities have become despised because of their weakness. The obvious remedy is to create a feminine character with all the strength of Superman plus all the allure of a good and beautiful woman.

If I despised myself it would be no compensation if everyone saluted me and if I respect myself it does not trouble me if others hold me lightly.

Men naturally despise those who court them but respect those who do not give way to them.

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too if he could.

In politics the people I most despise are those who have no values.

Only the elites despise earning money.

Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true.

Mind you I've always been a very off-message type of fat broad one who gladly admits she reached the size she is now solely through lack of discipline and love of pleasure and who rather despises people (except those with proven medical conditions) who pretend that it is generally otherwise.

Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a knowledge of the world to see the foolishness of it and enough virtue to despise all the vanity.

There is something uniquely depressing about the fact that the National Portrait Gallery's version of the Barack Obama 'Hope' poster previously belonged to a pair of lobbyists. Depressing because Mr. Obama's Washington was not supposed to be the lobbyists' Washington the place we learned to despise during the last administration.

Despise the enemy strategically but take him seriously tactically.

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.

I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal.

The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say 'We did it ourselves.'

If I be worthy I live for my God to teach the heathen even though they may despise me.

And though my Lord hath lost his estate and been banished out of his country yet neither despised poverty nor pinching necessity could make him break the bonds of friendship or weaken his loyal duty.

The dupe of friendship and the fool of love have I not reason to hate and to despise myself? Indeed I do and chiefly for not having hated and despised the world enough.

Women are degraded by the propensity to enjoy the present moment and at last despise the freedom which they have not sufficient virtue to struggle to attain.

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

We often pretend to fear what we really despise and more often despise what we really fear.