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Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Contemptible

Contemptible as pebbles to an admirer of diamonds.
—Honoré de Balzac

Contemptible as habitual contempt.
—Elias L. Magoon

As contemptible as any man who breaks open a lock, or as any rascal on the lookout for a house left defenseless and without protection, or as any adventurer looking for some easy and profitable stroke of business.
—Guy de Maupassant