There are more things to admire in men than to despise. Albert Camus
The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves... is what I call hell. André Malraux
To despise riches may, indeed, be philosophic; but to dispense them worthily must, surely, be more beneficial to mankind. Frances Burney
A man who eases himself in public, gives cause to others to despise him. Nigerian Proverb
To despise the ox means to despise also a strip of hide from it. Bajan Proverb
It is easy to despise what you can't get. American Proverb