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Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.


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Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.
THUCYDIDES We hate those who will not take our advice, and despise them who do.
HENRY WHEELER SHAW We hate those who will not take our advice, and despise them who do.
HENRY WHEELER SHAW We hate those who will not take our advice, and despise them who do.
DAVID SARNOFF We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all those who have not a single virtue.
FRANCOIS DUC DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals, love them. But those who respect their natures and wish...
EDWIN WAY TEALE Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals "love" them. But those who respect their natures and wis...
EDWIN WAY TEALE Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals 'love' them. But those who respect their natures...
EDWIN WAY TEALE I respect only those who resist me; but I cannot tolerate them.
CHARLES DE GAULLE I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
CHARLES DE GAULLE Nobody who is not prepared to spoil cats will get from them the reward they are able to give to thos...
COMPTON MACKENZIE SR. Nobody who is not prepared to spoil cats will get from them the reward they are able to give to thos...
COMPTON MACKENZIE, SR. Be so good at what You do . . .
Even those who hate You, or want to, wouldn't naturally have a...
UFUOMA APOKI Those who always speak well of women do not know them sufficiently; those who always speak ill of th...
GUILLAUME PIGUALT-LEBRUN The world is blessed most by men who do things, and not by those who merely talk about them.
JAMES OLIVER In revolution there are only two sorts of men, those who cause them and those who profit by them
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE We do not despise all those with vices, but we do despise all those without a single virtue.
FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Any man who does not see everything in terms of self, that is to say who wants to be something in re...
EDMOND DE GONCOURT Any man who does not see everything in terms of self, that is to say who wants to be something in re...
EDMOND AND JULES DE GONCOURT Men who cry are better men than those who do not cry.
MITTA XININDLU The world won't be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anythin...
ALBERT EINSTEIN Those who want to live, let them fight, and those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal...
ADOLF HITLER Those who want to live, let them fight, and those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal ...
ADOLF HITLER The most attractive are not those who allow us to kiss them at once (we soon feel ungrateful) or tho...
ALAIN BOTTON The most attractive are not those who allow us to kiss them at once (we soon feel ungrateful) or tho...
ALAIN DE BOTTON They deserve no respect those who do not respect their peers. No tolerance those who violate the dig...
MARIANA FULGER Who can lead his men is not a good leader. Who can respect them, is.
SELéNYI GáBOR Only those who respect the personality of others can be of real use to them
ALBERT SCHWEITZER Laws are generally not understood by three sorts of persons, viz, by those who make them, by those w...
GEORGE SAVILE Laws are generally not understood by three sorts of persons, viz, by those who make them, by those w...
GEORGE SAVILE Do not fear, for those who are with us, are more than those who are with them. 2 Kings 6:16
BIBLE Good things come to those who believe,better things come to those who have patience & the best thing...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Those who respect others have a self respect. Respect those who have a self respect.
EPHDAN We cannot hate those who we despise.
ERIC HOFFER I respect those who say that the United States should simply withdraw from the Middle East, but I do...
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS We all love best not those who offend us least, nor those who have done most for us, but those who m...
SAMUEL BUTLER Love those who love you. Love those who love you not. Love those who hate you. Love those who hate y...
ABHISHEK KUMAR It is politics to please and hoodwink those
Who flatter but despise us.
THIRUVALLUVAR Stand up for those who can’t yet. Give them support and strength.
DEMI LOVATO But they who give straight judgements to strangers and to those of the land and do not transgress wh...
HESIOD Give to everyone who begs from you; and of him who takes away your goods do not ask them again. And ...
JESUS CHRIST They that crouch to those who are above them, always trample on those who are below them.
GEORGE EARLE BUCKLE None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON Therefore, those to whom God has imparted religion by intuition are very fortunate and justly convin...
BLAISE PASCAL I give bird songs to those who dwell in cities and have never heard them, make rhythms for those who...
OLIVIER MESSIAEN Riches get their value from the mind of the possessor; they are blessings to those who know how to u...
TERENCE The wiser of men are those who learn from mistakes without actually making them.
CHARLES M FORD II Those men get along best with women who can get along best without them.
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE Those who understand others are intelligent. Those who understand themselves are enlightened. Those ...
LAO TZU No men who really think deeply about women retain a high opinion of them; men either despise women o...
OTTO WEININGER You do not have to provoke other people for them to provoke you, those who hate you will always get ...
OSCAR AULIQ-ICE Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave th...
AYN RAND Those who flame up in anger against you; Satan gave them the fire to do so! Those who scratch your w...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Those who follow do not see anything other than the asshole in front of them.
JAMIE MICHAEL DONOGHUE It is never too late to give to those who do not have.
VIKRANT PARSAI I willingly speak to those who know, but for those who do not know I forget.
AESCHYLUS And who are the greater criminals--those who sell the instruments of death, or those who buy them an...
ROBERT EMMET SHERWOOD The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor, to take from those who do...
WILLIAM COBBETT The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor, to take from those who do...
WILLIAM COBBETT He who does not accept and respect those who want to reject life does not truly accept and respect l...
THOMAS SZASZ Abolitionists believe that, as all men are born free, so all who are now held as slaves in this coun...
ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them...
EDGAR ALLAN POE Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them
EDGAR ALLAN POE People often block the way for those who have been making a way for them.
APURVA GAGLANI Mirrors are ice which do not melt: what melts are those who admire themselves in them.
PAUL MORAND Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.
LAO TZU Those who know do not talk; those who talk do not know.
TURKISH PROVERB Surely (as for) those who disbelieve in the communications of Allah and slay the prophets unjustly a...
QURAN Civilized are not those who never make mistakes – civilized are those who learn from their mistake...
ABHIJIT NASKAR If you believe all those who are urging you to give up are wrong, prove them wrong!
NABIL N. JAMAL We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor who have done most for us, ...
SAMUEL BUTLER There are two kinds of men who never amount to much -- those who cannot do what they are told and th...
CYRUS H. K CURTIS There are two kinds of men who never amount to much: those who cannot do what they are told, and tho...
CYRUS H. CURTIS There are two kinds of men who never amount to much: those who cannot do what they are told and thos...
CYRUS H. CURTIS One may have broad or narrow talents, but only education renders them useful. Schools set up to trai...
SUN YAT-SEN You must not hate those who do harmful things. The compassionate thing is to do what you can to stop...
DALAI LAMA XIV There are three types of people out there; those who lean, those who lift, and those who lead. Peopl...
FARSHAD ASL Those who do not have will always serve those who do.
JACOB TOMSKY God’s gifts are best used when we give them away in serving those who have less.
PHILIP YANCEY Are not all religions strange to those who stand outside of them?
CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI Religious fundamentalist haters and terrorists are not just saying that those who disagree with them...
CHRISTINA ENGELA In politics, the people I most despise are those who have no values.
DIANE ABBOTT Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it, but cherished by those who do
SOREN KIERKEGAARD The surest way of ruining a youth is to teach him to respect those who think as he does more highly ...
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE May all who love the Lord, love you and those who don't love you, may the Lord give them a limp so y...
IRISH BLESSINGS Those who win never give up; those who give up never win.
ROY T. BENNETT Value those who give you constructive criticism, because without them doing so, you will never reach...
UNARINE RAMARU People understand the gross laws, that is why they abide by them. Those who understand the subtle la...
DADA BHAGWAN There are some who bear a grudge even to those that do them good.
BIDPAI (PILPAY) Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if th...
SAMUEL SMILES Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they...
SAMUEL SMILES Genuine bon mots surprise those from whose lips they fall, no less than they do those who listen to ...
JOSEPH JOUBERT If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love the...
JESUS CHRIST As to those who do not believe in the hereafter, We have surely made their deeds fair-seeming to the...
QURAN I hate those men who would send into war youth to fight and die for them; the pride and cowardice of...
MARY ROBERTS RINEHART Find out who those advertisers are and complain to them. That way, you're hitting the people who hos...
DEAN NELSON Revolutionary movements attract those who are not good enough for established institutions as well a...
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