“Affect not to despise beauty: no one is freed from its dominion; But regard it not a pearl of price--it is fleeting as the bow in the clouds.” BeautyRegardCloudsDespiseBowsPearlsFleetingDominion Author:Roger Scruton
“If there be some who, though ignorant of all mathematics . . . dare to reprove this work, because of some passage of Scripture, which they have miserably warped to their purpose, I regard them not, and even despise their rash judgement.” IfsPurposeRegardMathematicsDareScriptureIgnorantJudgementPassagesDespise Author:Nicolaus Copernicus
“Lying is a disgraceful vice, and one that Plutarch paints in most disgraceful colors, when he says that it is "affording testimony that one first despises God, and then fears men." It is not possible more happily to describe its horrible, disgusting, and abandoned nature; for can we imagine anything more vile than to be cowards with regard to men, and brave with regard to God.” MenFirstsLyingImagineColorRegardBravePaintVicesHorribleCowardAbandonedDespiseDisgustingTestimonyDisgracefulAffording Author:Michel de Montaigne
“If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper - and despise it.” IfsMenValuesLike YouRegardStriveAffectionNewspapersDespise Author:Andre Maurois
“It may be important to great thinkers to examine the world, to explain and despise it. But I think it is only important to love the world, not to despise it, not for us to hate each other, but to be able to regard the world and ourselves and all beings with love, admiration and respect.” ThinkingWorldLifeMayImportantAbleHateRegardAdmirationThinkerDespiseHippieSiddharthaGreat ThinkersAdmiration And Respect Book:Siddhartha: An Indian Tale Source: Siddhartha: An Indian Tale
“All my life I have placed great store in civility and good manners, practices I find scarce among the often hard-edged, badly socialized scientists with whom I associate. Tone of voice means a great deal to me in the course of debate. I despise the arrogance and doting self-regard so frequently found among the very bright.” MeanSelfHardCoursesFoundVoiceDealsPracticeScientistRegardStoresDebateMannersToneArroganceDespiseAssociatesCivilityScarceGood Manners Author:E. O. Wilson
“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.” KnowsI CanSometimesShowsSpeakAttentionLaughingImpossibleRegardFellowsHostDespiseFlirtingPuppetsFlirtyPuppet Shows Book:The Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Source: The Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu