Taint Quotes

52 quotes by 46 authors

Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint. — Samuel Butler
His money is twice tainted: taint yours and taint mine. — Mark Twain
Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls. The least admixture of a lie-for example, the taint of vanity, the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Is man a savage at heart, skinned o'er with fragile Manners? Or is savagery but a faint taint in the natural man's gentility, which erupts… — John Barth
Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes. The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the people still demands from others… — Eric Hoffer
The taint of arrogance will I not know... — Walter Russell
Learning is a good medicine: but no medicine is powerful enough to preserve itself from taint and corruption independently of defects in the jar that… — Michel de Montaigne
& all your friends telling you stories that you often misinterpret and taint all the images of yo Mr Perfect — Drake
The cynic sees only cynicism, the depressive can taint creation with one glance — Anna Funder
The word 'ivory' rang in the air, was whispered, was sighed. You would think they were praying to it. A taint of imbecile rapacity blew… — Joseph Conrad
It only takes one lie to taint your entire testimony. — Jim Rohn
Genius has somewhat of the infantine; but of the childish not a touch or taint. — Robert Browning
If beings knew, as I know, the results of sharing gifts, they would not enjoy their gifts without sharing them with others, nor would the… — Gautama Buddha
I don't need the fillers, additives, excessive amounts of sugars, fats, salts and other measures taken to taint the natural goodness of real food. — Mark Hyman, M.D.
But it seems that the judging maybe they shouldn't at least see the practices all week long. That can taint the way they go into… — Nancy Kerrigan
In America the taint of sectarianism lies broad upon the land. Not content with acknowledging the supremacy as the Diety, and with erecting temples in… — James F. Cooper
Time is what keeps the light from reaching us. There is no greater obstacle to God than time: and not only time but temporalities, not… — Meister Eckhart
I have always longed to be part of the outward life, to be out there at the edge of things, to let the human taint… — John Austin Baker
Some day you will read in the papers that D.L. Moody of East Northfield, is dead. Don't you believe a word of it! At that… — Dwight L. Moody
When we resent someone in some way we need to "be on the alert" that even innocent gestures on their part can become suspect to… — Cindy Wright

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