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Malice Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- A doctrine insulates the devout not only against the realities around them but also against their own selves. The fanatical believer is not conscious of…
- Laughter to begin with was probably glee at the misfortunes of others. The baring of the teeth in laughter hints at its savage ancestry. Animals…
- The weak are not a noble breed. Their sublime deeds of faith, daring, and self-sacrifice usually spring from questionable motives. The weak hate not wickedness…
- There is probably an element of malice in our readiness to overestimate people - we are, as it were, laying up for ourselves the pleasure…
- It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are…
- It has often been said that power corrupts. But it is perhaps equally important to realize that weakness, too, corrupts. Power corrupts the few, while…
More Malice Quotes
- If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church, it will… — Teresa of Avila
- What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn't deserve resentment, and malice is… — Samuel Johnson
- The devil does not bring sinners to hell with their eyes open: he first blinds them with the malice of their own… — Alphonsus Liguori
- In the dark colony of night, when I consider man's magnificent capacity for malice, madness, folly, envy, rage, and destructiveness, and I… — Leo Rosten
- Dislike what deserves it, but never hate: for that is of the nature of malice; which is almost ever to persons, not… — William Penn
- The only things in which we can be said to have any property are our actions. Our thoughts may be bad, yet… — Charles Caleb Colton
- One day, the Devil decided to go out of business. His tools, therefore, being for sale, were put on display; and Malice,… — James Keller
- The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth. The second is that he shall suppress… — Marcus Tullius Cicero