Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed.

Quote by Edgar Rice Burroghs

Topics: Contempt Quotes

Love is a strange master, and human nature is still stranger.

Love is a strange master, and human nature is still stranger.

The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning...

The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning...

I loved her. I still love her, though I curse her in my sleep, so...

I loved her. I still love her, though I curse her in my sleep, so...

Were there no desire there would be no virtue, and because one man desires what...

Were there no desire there would be no virtue, and because one man desires what...

It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor...

It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor...

She did not admire him any more than she had. It was merely that she...

She did not admire him any more than she had. It was merely that she...

Death, only, renders hope futile.

Death, only, renders hope futile.

Imagination is but another name for super intelligence.

Imagination is but another name for super intelligence.

Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and...

Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and...

Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the...

Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the...

Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.

Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.

The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.

The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.

Familiarity with evil breeds not contempt but acceptance.

Familiarity with evil breeds not contempt but acceptance.

Comedy is defiance. It's a snort of contempt in the face of fear and anxiety....

Comedy is defiance. It's a snort of contempt in the face of fear and anxiety....

To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with...

To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with...

Behind all their personal vanity, women themselves always have an impersonal contempt for woman.

Behind all their personal vanity, women themselves always have an impersonal contempt for woman.

I grew up to have my father's looks, my father's speech patterns, my father's posture,...

I grew up to have my father's looks, my father's speech patterns, my father's posture,...

More negatives write than call. It's a cheap shot for me to go on the...

More negatives write than call. It's a cheap shot for me to go on the...

To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same...

To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same...

Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great...

Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great...