Sentence examples of "despise" in English

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Don't despise others because they are poor. Ne méprisez pas les autres parce qu'ils sont pauvres.
Practice is as important as theory, but we are apt to value the latter and despise the former. La pratique est aussi importante que la théorie, mais nous sommes enclin à estimer la dernière et dédaigner la première.
You must not despise someone because they are poor. Il ne faut pas mépriser un homme à cause de sa pauvreté.
Don't despise a man because he is poor. Ne méprise pas un homme parce qu'il est pauvre.
You should not despise a man just because he is poorly paid. On ne devrait pas mépriser un homme juste parce qu'il est mal payé.
Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself. La vraie noblesse de l'Homme est peut-être sa capacité à se mépriser lui-même.
She despises people who lie. Elle méprise les gens qui mentent.
Tom despises people who lie. Tom méprise les menteurs.
He despised those who lived on welfare. Il méprisait ceux qui vivent des allocations.
Some of his students admired him, and others despised him. Certains de ses étudiants l'admiraient, et d'autres le méprisaient.
He despises the choicest gift of God to man, the gift of reason. Il méprise le cadeau le plus raffiné que Dieu a fait à l'homme : le don de la raison.
Christopher Columbus despised pirates, but he loved their eyepatches. Sometimes, he would wear one - just for fun. Christophe Colomb méprisait les pirates, mais il aimait beaucoup leurs bandeaux. Un jour, il en porterait un - juste pour s'amuser.
I utterly despise formal writing! Je déteste absolument l'écriture formelle !
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