Contemns

And that love is heightened every time he mocks and contemns, whenever he disdains to ridicule what we most cherish. ❋ Ashley Rindsberg (2011)

It may be the rejection of a pure spiritualism that ignores or contemns the physical, in which case it would be in tune with the underlying theme of balancing opposites; it would also be, at least on this point, in line with Christian metaphysics. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Heaven! — he that contemns art shall perish through his own ignorance. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Indeed, in one particular 'sutra' the Buddha contemns such a belief as deleterious to the development of man's spiritual understanding. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Which is worse yet, if he be poor [2272] every man contemns him, insults over him, oppresseth him, scoffs at, aggravates his misery. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Sic amor mortem, (saith mine author) aut quicquid humanitus accidit, aspernatur, so love triumphs, contemns, insults over death itself. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Platonist, holds it a ridiculous thing for a man to live after his own laws, to do that which is offensive to God, and yet to hope that he should save him: and when he voluntarily neglects his own safety, and contemns the means, to think to be delivered by another: who will say these men are wise? ❋ Unknown (2007)

Suisseticas: and Cardan, opposite to himself in another place, contemns those ancients in respect of times present, ❋ Unknown (2007)

I honour any man that contemns it; nor can I highly love any that is afraid of it: this makes me naturally love ❋ Unknown (2007)

Among the moral virtues, the greater the thing which a man contemns that he may adhere to God, the greater the virtue. ❋ Dino Bigongiari (1997)

Therefore if a man contemns created goods in order that he may adhere to God, his virtue derives greater praise from his adhering to God than from his contemning earthly things. ❋ Dino Bigongiari (1997)

The desire, the appetite for seeing us again may after all be reborn in the heart which at present contemns us. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Is he a Christian, or doth he deserve that name, who contemns or despiseth the consideration of the properties of the divine nature in the person of ❋ 1616-1683 (1965)

And so, adding daily a little to that little -- for "he that contemns small things shall fall by a little here and a little there" [291] -- she slipped into such ❋ 345-430 (1955)

The disobedience that contains contempt of a man's precept is less grievous than the sin which contemns the man who made the precept, because reverence for the person commanding should give rise to reverence for his command. ❋ Aquinas Thomas (N/A)

As a consequence, however, it is a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, inasmuch as man contemns things eternal for the sake of temporal things. ❋ Aquinas Thomas (N/A)

For the same reason he is not bound to fulfil those things that result from the perfection of charity, although he is bound to intend to fulfil them: against which intention he acts if he contemns them, wherefore he sins not by omitting them but by contempt of them. ❋ Aquinas Thomas (N/A)

Reply Obj. 1: It is not every presumption that is accounted a sin against the Holy Ghost, but that by which one contemns the Divine justice through inordinate confidence in the Divine mercy. ❋ Aquinas Thomas (N/A)