"MERCY, n. An attribute beloved of detected offenders." — Ambrose Bierce
"MERCY, n. An attribute beloved of detected offenders."
More Attribute Quotes
- But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be… — Aristotle
- We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the… — Marcus Aurelius
- To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities,… — Joseph Addison
- Moping is an unattractive attribute in a man. — Graydon Carter
- There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will. — Agatha Christie
- Unable to understand how or why the person we see behaves as he does, we attribute his behavior to a… — B.F. Skinner
- Golf acts as a corrective against sinful pride. I attribute the insane arrogance of the later Roman Emperors almost entirely… — P.G. Wodehouse
- Create unselfishness as the most important team attribute. — Bill Russell
- We falsely attribute to men a determined character - putting together all their yesterdays - and averaging them - we… — Henry David Thoreau
- Ambition is a commendable attribute, without which no man succeeds. Only inconsiderate ambition imperils. — Warren G. Harding
- Novelty is an essential attribute of the beautiful. — Benjamin Disraeli
- The number of humble-bees in any district depends in a great degree on the number of field-mice, which destroy their… — Charles Darwin