Infamy Quotes

63 Infamy quotes by 52 unique authors

Those who turn proud when their praise is sounded, who seek their own glory, not Christ's, or those who are moved by slanders and by… — Martin Luther
For what is history, but... huge libel on human nature, to which we industriously add page after page, volume after volume, as if we were… — Washington Irving
But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of… — Thomas Browne
To brand man with infamy, and let him free, is an absurdity that peoples our forests with assassins. — John Philpot Curran
In this, our age of infamy Man's choice is but to be A tyrant, traitor, prisoner: No other choice has he. — Alexander Pushkin
No sin is committed merely because a thought enters the mind, provided it is not made welcome. Perhaps we may use the figure that the… — Norman Vincent Peale
Virtue steals, like a guilty thing, into the secret haunts of vice and infamy, clings to their devoted victim, and will not be driven quite… — William Hazlitt
There's no difference between fame and infamy now. There's a new school of professional famous people that don't do anything. They don't create anything. — Ricky Gervais
Even the small amount of infamy I have makes me uncomfortable - on a personal level and on a professional level. — John Hawkes
There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion. — William Hazlitt
Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Man has no right to kill his brother. It is no excuse that he does so in uniform: he only adds the infamy of servitude… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
I was cured in my new infamy of all the tired wisdom of age. I would never weary into that tired state again---I swore to… — Clive Barker
The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our duty to defend them against… — Samuel Adams
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but we despise no less the coward and the… — Theodore Roosevelt
In a country that doesn't discriminate between fame and infamy, the latter presents itself as plainly more achievable. — Lionel Shriver
Fame or infamy, either one is preferable to being forgotten when you have passed from this realm. — Christopher Paolini
If i thought i was replying to someone who would every return to the world, this flame would cease it's flickering. But since no one… — Dante Alighieri
When our ancestors were attacked at Pearl Harbor, they called it a day that would live in infamy. The day the Partials attacked us with… — Dan Wells
This sorrow weighs upon the melancholy souls of those who lived without infamy or praise. — Dante Alighieri
It is infamy to die, and not be missed. — Carlos Wilcox
When politics enter into municipal government, nothing resulting therefrom in the way of crimes and infamies is then incredible. It actually enables one to accept… — Mark Twain
Powerful men in particular suffer from the delusion that human beings have no memories. I would go so far as to say that the distinguishing… — Stephen Vizinczey
More precious is want with honesty than wealth with infamy. — Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
Social media teams tend to be decentralized - a motley mix of in-house experts, off-site consultants and international partners. The result: Confusion, rogue tweets, and… — Ryan Holmes

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