Scoundrel Quotes

76 quotes by 58 authors

He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for… — William Blake
I have formed a very clear conception of patriotism. I have generally found it thrust into the foreground by some fellow who has something to… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The price of liberty is, always has been, and always will be blood. The person who is not willing to die for his liberty has… — Andrew Ford
Well, Page, I do wish the Devil had old Cooke, for I am sure I never was so tired of an old dull scoundrel in… — Thomas Jefferson
Whether or not patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel, national security can be the last refuge of the tyrant. — Robert Walker, Baron Walker of Gestingthorpe
The tobacco business is a conspiracy against womanhood and manhood. It owes its origin to that scoundrel Sir Walter Raleigh, who was likewise the founder… — John Harvey Kellogg
I have no idea what the mind of a lowlife scoundrel is like, but I know what the mind of an honest man is like;… — Abel Hermant
Whenever "A" attempts by law to impose his moral standards upon "B," "A" is most likely a scoundrel. — H. L. Mencken
The first derivative is the last refuge of a scoundrel. — Charles P. Kindleberger
Sir, he [Bolingbroke] was a scoundrel and a coward: a scoundrel for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality; a coward, because he had not… — Samuel Johnson
There's no god. He who created god was a fool; he who spreads his name is a scoundrel and he who worships him is a… — Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
There is no god, there is no god, there is no god at all. He who invented god is a fool. He who propagates god… — Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
Never trust a man whom you know to have acted like a scoundrel to others, whatever friendliness he may profess to feel towards yourself, however… — Charlie Day
Public office is the last refuge of the scoundrel. — Boies Penrose
But . . . I may as well say what I should not otherwise have said, that I always knew in my heart Walt Whitmanâ€™s… — Gerard Manley Hopkins
The problem is that you cannot prove yourself against someone who is much weaker than yourself. They are in a lose/lose situation. If you are… — Martin Van Creveld
Whenever A annoys or injures B on the pretense of saving or improving X, A is a scoundrel. — H. L. Mencken
In argument about moral problems, relativism is the first refuge of the scoundrel. — Roger Scruton
No great scoundrel is ever uninteresting. — Murray Kempton
Everyone who does not agree with me is a traitor and a scoundrel. — George III

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