There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman. Henry Fielding
The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore. Samuel Butler (novelist)
Nothing can be more contemptible than to suppose Public Records to be true. William Blake
For what is there more hideous than avarice, more brutal than lust, more contemptible than cowardice, more base than stupidity and folly? Cicero
Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible. Joseph Addison