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English	Latin
despise	sperno sprevi spretum, conculco, despicio
can there be any greater folly than the respect you pay to men collectively when you despise them individually? (Cicero)	an quidquid stultius, quam quos singulos contemnas, eos aliquid putare esse universos?
dare to despise riches (Virgil)	aude contemnere opes
despise, look down on	dēspiciō, dēspicere, dēspēxī, dēspectum
flying, I despise reptiles	volando, reptilia sperno
great is the force of habit, teaching us as it does to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain (Cicero)	magna est vis consuetudinis; hæc ferre laborem, contemnere vulnus et dolorem docet
he fears not death who has learned to despise life (Dionysius Cato)	non metuit mortem, qui scit contemnere vitam
I despise earthly things	despicio terrena
I despise earthly things and contemplate the sun	despicio terrena et solem contemplor
I neither fear nor despise	ne timeo nec sperno
if you despise the human race and mortal arms, yet be hopeful that the gods will not be forgetful of right and wrong (Virgil)	si genus humanum, et mortalia temnitis arma; at sperate deos memores fandi atque nefandi
it is a sign of a great mind to despise greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess (Seneca)	magni animi est magna contemnere, ac mediocria malle quam nimia
it is easy in misfortune to despise life; but he does bravely who can endure misery (Martial)	rebus in angustis facile est contemnere vitam; fortiter ille facit qui miser esse potest
it is not safe to despise what Love commands. Love reigns supreme, and rules the mighty gods (Ovid)	quicquid Amor jussit non est contemnere tutum. Regnat, et in dominos jus habet ille deos
it is the mark of a great mind to despise injuries (Seneca)	magni animi est injurias despicere

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