“To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.”
Albert Einstein
“Among well-bred people a mutual deference is affected, contempt for others is disguised; authority concealed; attention given to each in his turn; and an easy stream of conversation maintained without vehemence, without interruption, without eagernes”
David Hume
“As the air to a bird or the sea to a fish, so is contempt to the contemptible.”
William Blake
“The issue is whether the ultimate civil authority of the United States can tolerate actions in contempt of constitutional lines of authority. Any lessening of civil power over military power must inevitably lead away from democracy.”
Harold Russell
“He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.”
“Familiarity breeds contempt - and children”
Mark Twain
“Teach not thy lip such scorn, for it was made For kissing, lady, not for such contempt.”
William Shakespeare
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