Malice Quotes

217 Malice quotes by 169 unique authors

This being human is a guest house. Every morning is a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an… — Unknown Author
And I have again observed, my dear friend, in this trifling affair, that misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than even malice… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
For at least two thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity, idealism,… — Aldous Huxley
But Sauron was not of mortal flesh, and though he was robbed now of that shape in which had wrought so great an evil, so… — J.R.R. Tolkien
During the lifetime of great revolutionaries, the oppressing classes constantly hounded them, received their theories with the most savage malice, the most furious hatred and… — Vladimir Lenin
We went to the door and I let Asha in. I expected an uberawkward moment when he and Vayl met. But Asha took care of… — Jennifer Rardin
We can never establish with certainty what part of our relations with others is the result of our emotions - love, antipathy, charity, or malice… — Milan Kundera
That might be nice, an extra pair of arms," Jace said. "Handy in a fight." "Not if they're growing out of your..." Dorothea paused and… — Cassandra Clare
It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions. Heaven is by favor;… — Mark Twain
And in that sliver of time, I felt the power around me coalesce, malice-hard and sharp as crystal. That this analogy occurred to me should… — N.K. Jemisin
I pray you, in your letters, When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught… — William Shakespeare
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… — Eric Hoffer
Nevertheless, in this sea of human wretchedness and malice there bloomed at times compassion, as a pale flower blooms in a putrid marsh. — Henryk Sienkiewicz
A sure sign of ineptitude and malice is manifested when one's attacker is willing to cover himself with mud in order to try and make… — Christopher Hitchens
Corruption and envy and lust for power. Cruelty and coldness. A vicious probing curiousity. Pure, poisonous, toxic malice. You have never from your earliest years… — Philip Pullman
That's the strangest thing about this life, about being in the ministry. People change the subject when they see you coming. And then sometimes those… — Marilynne Robinson
He decided in favor of life out of sheer spite and malice. — Patrick SÃ¼skind
It is unlikely that many people will take to heart the conclusion that coming into existence is always a harm. It is even less likely… — David Benatar
I used to think that cruelty required malice, but that is not true. Jeanine has no reason to act out of malice. But she is… — Veronica Roth
Forgiveness requires a sense that bad behaviour is a sign of suffering rather than malice. — Alain de Botton

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