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There was once a community of scoundrels, that is to say, they were not scoundrels, but ordinary people. — Franz Kafka
I suffer for my art and despise the witless moneyed scoundrels who praise it. — El Greco
With a woman, always make good use of a secret. She will be proportionally grateful to you, like a scoundrel who grants his respect to… — Honore de Balzac
Degeneracy follows every autocratic system of violence, for violence inevitably attracts moral inferiors. Time has proven that illustrious tyrants are succeeded by scoundrels. — Albert Einstein
If I did what has already been done, I would be a plagiarist and would consider myself unworthy; so I do something different and people… — Paul Gauguin
As for famous men who were not artists, I am beginning to be tired of them. Those poor little scoundrels who are called great men… — Franz Liszt
Sentimental titles are the last bastion of scoundrels, and can add significant barf to an already barfy work. — Robert Genn
I am not here to pass civilities or compliments with you, but on other business. I have stood your meanness as long as I intend… — Nathan Bedford Forrest
There are many occasions when the highest praise one can receive is the attack of some given scoundrel. — Theodore Roosevelt
A man's behaviour may be quite harmless and even beneficial, when he ismorally behaving like a scoundrel. And he may do great harm when he… — George Bernard Shaw
I'm an advocate of the great Dr. Johnson, the English man of letters who said that patriotism was the last refuge of the scoundrel. — George Galloway
Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is… — Michael Crichton
Sometimes you say things with a smile with the precise intention of making it clear that you are not being serious, and are only kidding.… — Umberto Eco
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel. — Samuel Johnson
Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel. — Samuel Johnson
There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel. — Vladimir Lenin
I've always believed in the old-fashioned way: When you've got scoundrels in office, you vote 'em out. — Rush Limbaugh
I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes. — Douglas MacArthur
'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' is a good one because it not only turned out, I think, to be a really funny movie but it was also… — Steve Martin
A child who does not think about what happens around him and is content with living without wondering whether he lives honestly is like a… — Jose Marti
Every man over forty is a scoundrel. — George Bernard Shaw
Any number of scoundrels, having money enough to start with, can establish themselves as a 'government'; because, with money, they can hire soldiers, and with… — Lysander Spooner
What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? — W. Clement Stone
If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel. — Jonathan Swift
Poets and beggars, musicians and prophets, warriors and scoundrels, all creatures of that unbridled reality, we have had to ask but little of our imagination,… — Eduardo Galeano

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