While I live, no rich or noble knave shall walk the world in credit to his grave. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
That skull had a tongue in it, and could sing once: how the knave jowls it to the ground, as if it… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The life even of a just man is a round of petty frauds; that of a knave a series of greater. We… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
Earth bears no balsams for mistakes; Men crown the knave, and scourge the tool That did his will: but thou, O Lord,… — Edward Rowland Sill Copy Share Image
It has passed over mountain ranges and The waters of the seven seas. It has shown upon laborers in the fields, Into… — Clinton Lee Scott Copy Share Image
Honest men are the soft easy cushions on which knaves repose and fatten. — Thomas Otway Copy Share Image
A man who first tried to guess 'what the public wants,' and then preached that as Christianity because the public wants it,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Innate ideas are in every man, born with him; they are truly himself. The man who says that we have no innate… — William Blake Copy Share Image
An honest man, sir, is able to speak for himself, when a knave is not. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Conspiracies, since they cannot be engaged in without the fellowship of others, are for that reason most perilous; for as most men… — Francesco Guicciardini Copy Share Image
Avoid the politic, the factious fool, The busy, buzzing, talking harden'd knave; The quaint smooth rogue that sins against his reason, Calls… — Thomas Otway Copy Share Image
I realized early on that the academy and the literary world alike - and I don't think there really is a distinction… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
Wickedness may prosper for awhile, but in the long run, he that sets all the knaves at work will pay them. — Roger L'Estrange Copy Share Image
To conquer demons, first conquer your mind. When the mind is subdued, demons withdraw obediently. To control knaves, first control your own… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
It is far more easy to acquire a fortune like a knave, than to expend it, like a gentleman. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“It means that you two, precious father and son, would be a pair of knaves if you had sense enough; but, failing… — E.D.E.N. Southworth Copy Share Image
Where Young must torture his invention To flatter knaves, or lose his pension. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts, All on a summer day: The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts, And… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
Mankind are a herd of knaves and fools. It is necessary to join the crowd, or get out of their way, in… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
