Comedy deflates the sense precisely so that the underlying lubricity and malice may bubble to the surface. — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat. — Logan Pearsall Smith Copy Share Image
When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it in the power of the weakest and… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
He turned away, and suddenly she thought about the old children's story, where the stupid girl opens the box that God gave… — K.J. Parker Copy Share Image
Heaven is by favor; if it were by merit your dog would go in and you would stay out. Of all the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
A little grit in the eye destroyeth the sight of the very heavens, and a little malice or envy a world of… — Thomas Traherne Copy Share Image
What is reprehensible is that while leading good lives themselves and abhorring those of wicked men, some, fearing to offend, shut their… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
For malice will with joy the lie receive, Report, and what it wishes true believe. — Thomas Yalden Copy Share Image
The best way to win against the intolerable is to tolerate them, for this they have seldom dealt with. Your indulgence may… — Bryant H. McGill Copy Share Image
Nothing can tell us so much about the general lawlessness of humanity as a perfect acquaintance with our own immoderate behavior. If… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
Attacking bad books is not only a waste of time but also bad for the character. If I find a book really… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Our shoes carry our body, so we polish them; our body carries our soul, so we clean the body, but, what about… — Rahul Rampal Copy Share Image
Men that make Envy and crooked malice nourishment, Dare bite the best. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
A large number of deaf, crippled and blind people are afflicted solely through the malice of the demon. And one must in… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
It does not matter whether we burn fossil fuels with malice or with love. As far as the atmosphere is concerned, it… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
But I think I can sincerely declare that I cheerfully submit myself to every odious name for conscience' sake; and from my… — James Otis Copy Share Image
Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another's woe. — Petrarch Copy Share Image
Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud. — Martial Copy Share Image
In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill will to any human being, and even compassionating those who hold in… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
In defiance of all the tortue, of all the might, of all the malice of the world, the liberal man will ever… — Isaac Barrow Copy Share Image
I used to think that cruelty required malice, but that is not true. Jeanine has no reason to act out of malice.… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
