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Wicked Quotes by Plutarch
- The giving of riches and honors to a wicked man is like giving strong wine to him that hath a fever.
- Nothing can produce so great a serenity of life as a mind free from guilt and kept untainted, not only from actions, but purposes that…
- Being conscious of having done a wicked action leaves stings of remorse behind it, which, like an ulcer in the flesh, makes the mind smart…
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- I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God. Our Lord also helped me with His grace. All this… — Teresa of Avila
- It is not only vain, but wicked, in a legislator to frame laws in opposition to the laws of nature, and to… — Thomas Jefferson
- O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the heart is deceitful above all things, and… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
- If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons and take his gun away. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social aims in… — Jacques Barzun
- If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved you, and absolved you from guilt, you… — Charlotte Bronte
- There is a power in public opinion in this country - and I thank God for it: for it is the most… — Martin Van Buren
- On sand, you can never be sure of anything. An ordinary shot can take a wicked deflection at the last moment. — Eric Cantona