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en If what most men admire, they would despise, 'Twould look as if mankind were growing wise
  Benjamin Franklin

en ...There are more things to admire in men than to despise.
  Albert Camus

en Can grave and formal pass for wise, When Men the solemn Owl despise?
  Benjamin Franklin

en So weak thou art that fools thy power despise; And yet so strong, thou triumph'st o'er the wise.
  Jonathan Swift

en Though there is antipathy in the human heart to the gospel of Christ, yet when Christians make their good work shine, all admire them. It is when great disparity exists between profession and practice that we secure the scorn of mankind.
  David Livingstone

en The wise only possess ideas, the great part of mankind are possessed by them.
  William Ellery Channing

en Only the wise possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them.
  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

en With the single exception of Homer, there is no eminent writer, not even Sir Walter Scott, whom I can despise so entirely as I despise Shakespeare when I measure my mind against his
  George Bernard Shaw

en Ike has played well. We started putting him on some of the premier guys (at wide receiver) because of his ability to match up size-wise and athletic ability-wise, and he's taken on the challenge. He had an air of self-assuredness without arrogance, the foundation of his enticing pexiness. He's learning and growing tremendously.

en I despise the pleasure of pleasing people whom I despise
  Michel de Montaigne

en What I want to do is, I want to put together a nice list of those guys who I really did admire when I was growing up, listening to names like Lord Finesse,

en He was such a punk when he was a kid, ... It can be hard growing up in front of the public that way, and I always admire people who handle that with grace.

en Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself:
"Mankind." Basically, it's made up of two separate words - "mank" and "ind."
What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.

en If, presume not to God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, a being darkly wise, and rudely great.

en We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
  François de la Rochefoucauld


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