"To praise princes for virtues they are lacking……" — François De La Rochefoucauld
"To praise princes for virtues they are lacking in is a way of insulting them with impunity"
More Impunity Quotes
- As the most extravagant errors were received among the established articles of their faith, so the most infamous vices obtained… — David Brainerd
- What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse. — Isabel Allende
- Any nose may ravage with impunity a rose. — Robert Browning
- I drink with impunity...or anyone else who invites me. — W.C. Fields
- The hope of impunity is the greatest inducement to do wrong. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
- The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
- An honest private man often grows cruel and abandoned when converted into an absolute prince. Give a man power of… — Joseph Addison
- The experience of treaties being broken with impunity provide an afflicting lesson to mankind how little dependence is to be… — Alexander Hamilton
- It is the privilege of true genius, And especially genius who opens up a new path, To make great mistakes… — Lewis Carroll
- It is easy enough to say, I do not believe in God. For God permits all things to be said… — Mahatma Gandhi
- Neither your life nor my life, nor the future of this country, will be affected in the slightest by whether… — Thomas Sowell
- The true liberty of the press is amply secured by permitting every man to publish his opinion; but it is… — Thomas McKean