A Quote by Samuel Johnson
No man can fall into contempt but those who deserve it.
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There is an insolence which none but those who themselves deserve contempt can bestow, and those only who deserve no contempt can bear.
He grew weary of this condescension, and began to treat the opinions of his wife with that haughtiuess and insolence, which none but those who deserve some contempt themselves can bestow, and those only who deserve no contempt can bear.
Man is more sensitive to the contempt of others than to self-contempt.
He makes those just who are unjust, forgives those who deserve to be punished, and favors those who deserve no favor.
When a man is not amused, he feels an involuntary contempt for those who are.
I deserve passion," she said. "I deserve to be loved- in every way. I deserve a man who'll give his whole heart, not the part he isn't using at the moment.
I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman. But I also believe that gay and lesbians and gay and lesbian couples, those who have been in long-term relationships, deserve to be treated respectfully, they deserve to have benefits.
A man's admiration of absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him.
Man is more sensitive to the contempt that others feel towards him than to the contempt that he feels towards himself.
Virtual representation is so absurd as to not deserve an answer. I therefore pass it over with contempt.
As someone who has never been in a gossip magazine, I do not deserve the contempt of the term 'celebrity.'
Our veterans who fall on hard times and find themselves without a home deserve more than just handwringing or kind words. They deserve real help that gets them back on their feet.
It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should fall down. Why do we laugh? Because it is a gravely religious matter: it is the Fall of Man. Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.
It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should fall down... Why do we laugh? Because it is a grave religious matter: it is the Fall of Man. Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.
We must learn to help those who deserve it, not just those who need it. Life responds to deserve not need
Those who are condemned to death affect sometimes a constancy and contempt for death which is only the fear of facing it; so that one may say that this constancy and contempt are to their mind what the bandage is to their eyes.
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