Quote by Aldous Huxley

“Granted, a man may smile and smile and be a villain, but it takes nerve.”

— Jill Paton Walsh

“Do you know what’s worse than a villain? A villain who thinks he’s a hero. A man like that, there’s nothing he won’t do,…

— Joe Abercrombie

“But you love to play the good man, don't you? Do you know what's worse than a villain? A villain who thinks he's a…

— Joe Abercrombie

“People can be cruel, deadly, heartless, selfish, disrespectful. They can be vice-ridden and lack any basic empathy toward their fellow man.”

— Carrie Lofty

“love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.”

— Thomas Paine

“I become quite melancholy and deeply grieved to see men behave to each other as they do. Everywhere I find nothing but base flattery,…

— Molière

“These wonderful narrations inspired me with strange feelings. Was man, indeed, at once so powerful, so virtuous and magnificent, yet so vicious and base?…

— Mary Shelley

“From the subjective perspective, he may seem cruel, even wicked. But the glory of the man is to be found in the objective perspective.”

— Robert Harris

“A man, who does not commit an evil act either, has no opportunity or the stomach.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“And the best sort of villain is smart and subtle and so very tricky that you don't even know he's the villain, because he…

— Roseanna M. White

“What exactly are we looking for? Villains, doing villainous things.”

— Marissa Meyer

“In times when evil comes because men misunderstand and hate one another, it is the mission of the artist to praise sweetness, confidence, and…

— George Sand