“ Footnotes, the little dogs yapping at the heels of the text. ”
- William James- Copy
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“ He who says there is no such thing as an honest man, you may be sure is himself a knave. ”
- George Berkeley- Copy
- 2.4K
“ The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jurymen may dine. ”
- Alexander Pope- Copy
- 3.1K
“ I give thee sixpence! I will see thee damned first - / Wretch! whom no sense of wrongs can rouse to vengeance; / Sordid, unfeeling, reprobate, degraded, / Spiritless outcast! ”
- George Canning- Copy
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“ If the rascal have not given me medicines to make me love him, I 'll be hanged. - King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 2. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 2.8K
“ Truth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels. ”
- Lillian Hellman- Copy
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“ Life and liberty can be as much endangered from illegal methods used to convict those thought to be criminals as from the actual criminals themselves. ”
- Earl Warren- Copy
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“ The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. ”
- H. L. Mencken- Copy
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“ I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints, sinners are much more fun. ”
- Billy Joel- Copy
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“ There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel. ”
- Vladimir Lenin- Copy
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“ There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel. ”
- Vladimir Lenin- Copy
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“ Think hard about it: I'm running out of demons. I'm running out of villains. I'm down to Castro and Kim II Sung. ”
- Colin Powell- Copy
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“ And though the villain 'scape a while, he feelsSlow vengeance, like a bloodhound, at his heels. ”
- Jonathan Swift- Copy
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“ But you see, I have played more good guys than I have played villains. ”
- Gary Oldman- Copy
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“ I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes. ”
- Dorothee Soelle- Copy
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“ Villains are very, very boring to do. They're so much easier than heroes. ”
- Jeremy Brett- Copy
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“ In revolutions authority remains with the greatest scoundrels. ”
- Georges Jacques Danton- Copy
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“ Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest ma to do. ”
- Jean de la Bruyere- Copy
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“ A minority group has "arrived" only when it has the right to produce some fools and scoundrels without the entire group paying for it. ”
- Carl Rowan- Copy
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“ There are no greater wretches in the world than many of those whom people in general take to be happy. ”
- Marcus Annaeus Seneca- Copy
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“ Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one rascal less in the world. ”
- Thomas Carlyle- Copy
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