Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one’s own despised and unwanted feelings.
About Alice Duer Miller
Alice Duer Millerwas an American writer whose poetry actively influenced political opinion. Her feminist verses influenced political opinion during the American suffrage movement, and her verse novel The White Cliffs influenced political thought during the U.S.’s entry into World War II. She also wrote novels and screenplays.
More quotes from Alice Duer Miller
Don’t ever dare to take your college as a matter of course – because, like democracy and freedom, many people you’ll never know have broken their hearts to get it for you.
American poet (1874-1942)
Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one’s own despised and unwanted feelings.
American poet (1874-1942)
Genuine forgiveness does not deny anger but faces it head-on.
American poet (1874-1942)
If it’s very painful for you to criticize your friends – you’re safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that’s the time to hold your tongue.
American poet (1874-1942)
When a woman like that whom I’ve seen so much, All of a sudden drops out of touch; Is always busy and never can, Spare you a moment, it means a man.
American poet (1874-1942)
A child too, can never grasp the fact that the same mother who cooks so well, is so concerned about his cough, and helps so kindly with his homework, in some circumstance has no more feeling than a wall of his hidden inner world.
American poet (1874-1942)