Commit Quote by Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Download Open image “Most men only commit great crimes because of their scruples about petty ones.” — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Commit Crime Men Petty Scruples
Men are much more unwilling to have their weaknesses and their imperfections known than their crimes. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
For the credit of virtue we must admit that the greatest misfortunes of men are those into which they fall through their crimes. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The majority of men are more capable of great actions than of good ones. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
A great cause of evil in the world is that men seldom think themselves criminal if they offer the same injustice to others that… — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
It's strange that men should take up crime when there are so many legal ways to be dishonest. — Laurence J. Peter Copy Share Image
One admirable trait in women is their lack of illusions about themselves. They never reason about their most blameworthy actions; their feelings carry them… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“men are guilty of the greatest crimes from ambition, and not from necessity,” — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Great things are accomplished by men who are not conscious of the impotence of man. Such insensitiveness is precious. But we must admit that… — Paul Valery Copy Share Image
Every man whom chance alone has, by some accident, made a public character, hardly ever fails of becoming, in a short time, a ridiculous… — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Copy Share Image
Great men help dazzle the people; after that, they dazzle themselves even more dangerously. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Copy Share Image
It's easier to fight one's enemies than to get on with one's friends. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Copy Share Image
If you have to make an unpopular speech, give it all the sincerity you can muster; that's the only way to sweeten it. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Copy Share Image
Persecution to persons in a high rank stands them in the stead of eminent virtue. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Copy Share Image
One of man's greatest failings is that he looks almost always for an excuse, in the misfortune that befalls him through his own fault,… — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Copy Share Image
Nothing indicates the soundness of a man's judgment so much as knowing how to choose between two disadvantages. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Copy Share Image
She knew how to trust people... a rare quality, revealing a character far above average. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Copy Share Image
Timorous minds are much more inclined to deliberate than to resolve. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Copy Share Image
I'm Catholic and I can't commit suicide, but I plan to drink myself to death. — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
Although under particular circumstances, the violence method - any method - can be justified, nevertheless once you commit violence, then counterviolence will be returned. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
When the first Superman movie came out I was frequently asked "What is a hero?" ...My answer was that a hero is someone who… — Christopher Reeve Copy Share Image
Progress is the injustice each generation commits with regard to its predecessors. — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
Don't commit to being a columnist unless you're willing to do it right. Report your behind off, so you have something original and useful… — Allan Sloan Copy Share Image
Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror." "Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
I like to always wash the slate clean, and reinvigorate my spirit to be connected to the characters that I am doing. I am… — Giancarlo Esposito Copy Share Image
He who believes in God is not careful for the morrow, but labors joyfully and with a great heart. "For He giveth His beloved,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
You get a script and you love it. You find a director that you trust, and it becomes all about how do I commit… — James Van Der Beek Copy Share Image
Ok, look. I'm honest. Girl I can't lie I miss you. You and the music were the only things that I'd commit to — Drake Copy Share Image
One should not withdraw from individuals and commit to the community what they can accomplish by their own enterprise and industry — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
A man must commit a crime at least once in his life-time. Only then will his virtue be recognized — Girish Karnad Copy Share Image