Meanness Quotes

114 Meanness quotes by 90 unique authors

Nothing brings out the lower traits of human nature like office-seeking. Men of good character and impulses are betrayed by it into all sorts of… — Rutherford B. Hayes
Since I no longer expect anything from mankind except madness, meanness, and mendacity; egotism, cowardice, and self-delusion, I have stopped being a misanthrope. — Irving Layton
We cannot point to a single definitive solution of any one of the problems that confront us — political, economic, social or moral, that is,… — Peter Medawar
There is no greater stupidity or meanness than to take uniformity for an ideal, as if it were not a benefit and a joy to… — George Santayana
When we read with attention the poetical and philosophical monuments of the East--above all, those of India, which are beginning to spread in Europe--we discover… — Victor Cousin
I consider nothing low but ignorance, vice, and meanness, characteristics generally found where the animal propensities predominate over the higher sentiments. — William John Wills
I like that kind of thing. I like warmth and uncalled-for kindness, the small unnoticed generosities that speckle the meanness of the world. — Roland Merullo
I have stood your meanness as long as I intend to. You have played the part of a damn scoundrel, and if you were any… — Nathan Bedford Forrest
There is a false modesty, which is vanity; a false glory, which is levity; a false grandeur, which is meanness; a false virtue, which is… — Jean de la Bruyere
To deride the hope of progress is the ultimate fatuity, the last word in poverty of spirit and meanness of mind. — Peter Medawar
An infallible characteristic of meanness is cruelty. Men who have practiced tortures on animals without pity, relating them without shame, how can they still hold… — Samuel Johnson
In interviews, the first question I get in America is always: 'What do you do to stay young?' I do nothing. I don't think aging… — Isabella Rossellini
The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though it may be quenched, will not become cool. — Unknown Author
To be flattered is grateful, even when we know that our praises are not believed by those who pronounce them; for they prove, at least,… — Samuel Johnson
We are all, by nature, clearly oriented toward the basic human values of love and compassion. We all prefer the love of others to their… — Dalai Lama
My idea of our civilization is that it is a shoddy, poor thing and full of cruelties, vanities, arrogances, meannesses and hypocrisies. — Mark Twain
Look here we shall die! Bear this in mind always & then the spirit within will wake up. Only then will meanness vanish from you,… — Swami Vivekananda
I guess there's just a meanness in this world — Bruce Springsteen
Just as lavishness leads easily to presumption, so does frugality to meanness. But meanness is a far less serious fault than presumption. — Confucius
There is always a certain meanness in the argument of conservatism, joined with a certain superiority in its fact. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is no greater stupidity or meanness than to take uniformity for an ideal. — George Santayana
No man could bring himself to reveal his true character, and, above all, his true limitations as a citizen and a Christian, his true meannesses,… — H. L. Mencken
Prayer as a means to effect a private end is theft and meanness. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Meanness is more in half-doing than in omitting acts of generosity. — Elbert Hubbard
Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom. — Karl Kraus

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