Malice Quotes

217 quotes by 171 authors

If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church, it will be through ignorance… — Teresa of Avila
Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence. — Napoleon Bonaparte
I have been the victim of heartless malice. — Taylor Caldwell
The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply. — Truman Capote
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. — Winston Churchill
Vices are simply the errors which a man makes in his search after his own happiness. Unlike crimes, they imply no malice toward others, and… — Lysander Spooner
Football, wherein is nothing but beastly fury and extreme violence, whereoth proceedeth hurt, and consequently rancour and malice do remain with them that be wounded. — Philip Stubbs
Ambition, idly vain; revenge and malice swell her train. — Roger Penrose
What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn't deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect. — Samuel Johnson
Forcible ways make not an end of evil, but leave hatred and malice behind them. — Thomas Browne
Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night; the continuance of anger is hatred, the continuance of hatred turns… — Francis Quarles
Insects sting, not from malice, but because they want to live. It is the same with critics; they desire our blood not our pain. — Friedrich Nietzsche
I am of this mind, that might and malice, deceit and treachery perjury and impiety may lawfully be committed in love; which is lawless. — John Lyly
You take the lies out of him, and he'll shrink to the size of your hat; you take the malice out of him, and he'll… — Mark Twain
People are more slanderous from vanity than from malice. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
If we put our trust in the common sense of common men and 'with malice toward none and charity for all' go forward on the… — Henry A. Wallace
After life's fitful fever he sleeps well. Treason has done his worst. Nor steel nor poison, malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing can touch him further. — William Shakespeare
Malice drinks one-half of its own poison. — Seneca the Elder
There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature - the malice of a good thing is the barb that makes it stick. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
I shall not do more than I can, and I shall do all I can to save the government, which is my sworn duty as… — Abraham Lincoln

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