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Contempt: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Go-let thy less than woman's hand Assume the distaff-not the brand.— BYRON — Bride of Abydos. Canto I. St. 4.

So let him stand, through ages yet unborn, Fix'd statue on the pedestal of Scorn.— BYRON — Curse of Minerva. L. 206.

There was a laughing Devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear.— BYRON — The Corsair. Canto I. St. 9.

I find my familiarity with thee has bred contempt.— CERVANTES — Don Quixote. Pt. I. Bk. III. Ch. VI.

We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman, - scorn'd! slighted! dismiss'd without a parting pang.— COLLEY CIBBER — Love's Last Shift. Act IV. Sc. 1.

When they talk'd of their Raphaels, Correggios, and stuff, He shifted his trumpet, and only took snuff.— GOLDSMITH — Retaliation. L. 145.

He hears On all sides, from innumerable tongues A dismal universal hiss, the sound Of public scorn.— MILTON — Paradise Lost. Bk. X. L. 506.

Who can refute a sneer?— PALEY — Moral Philosophy. Of Reverencing the Deity. Bk. V. Ch. IX.