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True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper.
I'm awash in self-contempt!
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Tolerance is a placid contempt.
Contempt is egotism in ill- humor.
Familiarity gives rise to contempt.
Familiarity seems to breed contempt
Only the contemptible fear contempt.
I don't have contempt for Tiger Woods.
Indifference is the strongest contempt.
Contempt is not a thing to be despised.
Everything can be borne except contempt.
Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
Terrorism is contempt for human dignity.
Compassion is contempt with a human face.
Familiarity breeds contempt - and children.
Contempt is frequently regulated by fashion.
The universal religion - contempt for women.
Contempt for failure is our cardinal virtue.
President Obama has contempt for real money.
My philosophy is familiarity breeds contempt.
An Englishman fears contempt more than death.
Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
Nature hath meal and bran, contempt and grace.
Contempt, thought Tyrion, the universal tongue.
The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.
Contemptuous people are sure to be contemptible.
My father had lifelong contempt for politicians.
Contempt is a well-recognized defensive reaction.
Upon him the contempt of three planets descended.
I find my familiarity with thee has bred contempt.
Those only are despicable who fear to be despised.
Familiarity doesn't breed contempt, it is contempt.
He that searches for praise will often find contempt.
You can cite me for contempt, Your Honor. I don't care.
Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.
I have equal contempt for both left and right radicals.
No man can fall into contempt but those who deserve it.
To confer dignity, forgive. To express contempt, forget.
Familiarity with evil breeds not contempt but acceptance.
Your flattery is as full of contempt as your insults were.
Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration.
Familiarity breeds contempt only when it breeds inattention.
Hatred is an affair of the heart; contempt that of the head.
Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.
The ultimate sin of any performer is contempt for the audience.
Most of my adult life I had this towering contempt for America.
What our contempts do often hurl from us, We wish it ours again.
Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.
