Wickedness Quotes

256 Wickedness quotes by 197 unique authors

There did not have to be a moral. She need only show separate minds, as alive as her own, struggling with the idea that other… — Ian Mcewan
Wicked people never have time for reading. It's one of the reasons for their wickedness. — Daniel Handler
My own feeling is that if adultery is wickedness then so is food. Both make me feel so much better afterward. — Kurt Vonnegut
They said there was no rest for the wicked. In fact, there was rest neither for the virtuous nor the wicked, nor for guys like… — Dean Koontz
Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Society is produced by our wants, and government by wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining… — Thomas Paine
It wasn't only wickedness and scheming that made people unhappy, it was confusion and misunderstanding; above all, it was the failure to grasp the simple… — Ian Mcewan
It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart: the one to slander you and the other to get… — Mark Twain
I'n'I nah come to fight flesh and blood, But spiritual wickedness in 'igh and low places. So while they fight you down, Stand firm and… — Bob Marley
Life is, in fact, a battle. Evil is insolent and strong; beauty enchanting, but rare; goodness very apt to be weak; folly very apt to… — Henry James
My world, my world... How can such a good little girl like you destroy all of my beautiful wickedness. - Wicket Witch of the North — L. Frank Baum
How quickly was every bad thing discovered to be the fault of the previous administration (an evil set of men who wedded general stupidity to… — Susanna Clarke
Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others. — Oscar Wilde
I ate civilization. It poisoned me; I was defiled. And then," he added in a lower tone, "I ate my own wickedness. — Aldous Huxley
No doubt Jack the Ripper excused himself on the grounds that it was human nature. — A A Milne
The colossal might of wickedness: how we love to locate it massively elsewhere. But so much of it comes down to what each one of… — Gregory Maguire
Let us be honest: most of us rather like our cats to have a streak of wickedness. I should not feel quite easy in the… — Beverley Nichols
The wickedness of men is that their power breeds stupidity and blindness. — Gregory Maguire
Goodness is weakness, pleasantness is poisonous, serenity is mediocrity and kindness is for losers. The best reason for committing loathsome and detestable acts – and… — Jasper Fforde
I have heard, Mr. Holmes, that you can see deeply into the manifold wickedness of the human heart. — Arthur Conan Doyle
And I have again observed, my dear friend, in this trifling affair, that misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than even malice… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is one fairly good reason for fighting - and that is, if the other man starts it. You see, wars are a great wickedness,… — T.H. White
Wickedness was like food: once you got started it was hard to stop; the gut expanded to take in more and more. — John Updike
Delight in smooth sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts ... genuine love of peace and pathetic belief that love can be its sole foundation… — Winston Churchill
Satirize wickedness if you must--but pity weakness. — Lucy Maud Montgomery

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