Those who are contemptuous of everyone are more than anyone terrified of contempt. Logan Pearsall Smith
Contempt is not a thing to be despised. Edmund Burke
Man is so much more sensitive to the contempt of others than to contempt for himself. Friedrich Nietzsche
Whoever imagines himself a favorite with God holds others in contempt. Robert Green Ingersoll
None but the contemptible are apprehensive of contempt. Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt. H L Mencken
There is nothing that people bear more impatiently, or forgive less, than contempt: and an injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult. Lord Chesterfield
Nothing is so contemptible as the sentiments of the mob. Seneca
Judge: Are you trying to show contempt for this court, Mr Smith?
F E Smith: No, My Lord. I am attempting to conceal it.