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Quote:Those who would most scornfully repudiate Christianity as a mere 'opiate of the people' have a contempt for the rich, that is, for all mankind except the poor.[C.S. Lewis]

Quote:When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.[Edmund Burke]

Quote:Familiarity breeds contempt - and children.[Mark Twain]

Quote:The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. The trite subjects of human efforts, possessions, outward success, luxury have always seemed to me contemptible. [Albert Einstein]



Definitions of: contempt

Definition: The act of contemning or despising; the feeling with which one regards that which is esteemed mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.

Definition: The state of being despised; disgrace; shame.

Definition: An act or expression denoting contempt.

Definition: Disobedience of the rules, orders, or process of a court of justice, or of rules or orders of a legislative body; disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent language or behavior in presence of a court, tending to disturb its proceedings, or impair the respect due to its authority.

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