Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. ... I had heard of you by t...he hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you; therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
How happy is the one whom God reproves; therefore do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. For he wounds, but he binds up; h...e strikes, but his hands heal.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
My child, do not despise the LORD's discipline or be weary of his reproof, for the LORD reproves the one he loves, as a father the... son in whom he delights.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise th...e other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
"To me it seems a shocking idea. I despise and loathe myself, and yet you thrust self at me from every corner of the church as tho...ugh I loved and admired it. All religion does nothing but pursue me with self even into the next world."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The Taylor and the Painter often contribute to the Success of a Tragedy more than the Poet. Scenes affect ordinary Minds as much a...s Speeches; and our Actors are very sensible, that a well-dressed Play has sometimes brought them as full Audiences, as a well-written one.... But however the Show and Outside of the Tragedy may work upon the Vulgar, the more understanding Part of the Audience immediately see through it, and despise it.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The truth is despite the hard work and juggling required to keep the different facets of the frantic life afloat, the "superwoman"... has one marvelous compensation. Being busy and being seen to be busy lets you off the hook. Buys you a way out of all aspects of your many roles you secretly despise ... like cleaning cupboards ... or entertaining your husband's business friends. When you combine wife, mother, career and all, each role become the perfect excuse for avoiding the worst aspects of the other.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The ingrained idea that, because there is no king and they despise titles, the Americans are a free people is pathetically untrue....... There is a perpetual interference with personal liberty over there that would not be tolerated in England for a week.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When you're called a nigger you look at your father because you think your father can rule the world--every kid thinks that--and t...hen you discover that your father cannot do anything about it. So you begin to despise your father and you realize, oh, that's what a nigger is.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »