“There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt”
Niccolo Machiavelli
“The social principles of Christianity preach cowardice, self-contempt, abasement, submission, humility, in a word all the qualities of the canaille”
Karl Marx
“They are for religion when in rags and contempt, but I am for him when he walks in his golden slippers in the sunshine and with applause.”
John Bunyan
“As the air to a bird or the sea to a fish, so is contempt to the contemptible.”
William Blake
“Familiarity breeds contempt - and children”
Mark Twain
“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.”
Albert Einstein
“Teach not thy lip such scorn, for it was made For kissing, lady, not for such contempt.”
William Shakespeare
