Despised

Famous quotes containing the word despised:

“It is easy enough to say that poverty is no crime. No; if it were men wouldn’t be ashamed of it. It is a blunder, though, and is punished as such. A poor man is despised the whole world over.”
—Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927)

“Better to be despised and have a servant, than to be self-important and lack food.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 12:9.

RSV translation reads, “Better is a man of humble standing who works for himself than one who plays the great man but lacks bread.”

“Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.”
—Titus Livius (Livy)