Disposition Quote by John Calvin

It is exactly the fear of revenge that motivates the deepest crimes, from the killing of the enemy's children lest they grow up to…

— Christopher Hitchens

He who fights with priests may make up his mind to have his poor good name torn and befouled by the most infamous lies…

— Heinrich Heine

Some men do as much begrudge others a good name, as they want one themselves: and perhaps that is the reason of it.

— William Penn

I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for neither of these weaken…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

It is almost always the unhappiness of a victorious disputant to destroy his own authority by claiming too many consequences, or diffusing his proposition…

— Samuel Johnson

If a man offend a harmless, pure, and innocent person, the evil falls back upon that fool, like light dust thrown up against the…

— Gautama Buddha

To be worthy of the name, he must be free of two things; the force of tradition and tyranny of his own passions.

— Bertrand Russell

He who harbors hatred and bitterness injures himself far more than the one towards whom he manifests these evil propensities.

— David O. McKay

He who accuses another of being an evil person says so because he is afraid of him.

— Muhammad Taqi Usmani

He that resigns his peace to little casualties, and suffers the course of his life to be interrupted for fortuitous inadvertencies or offences, delivers…

— Samuel Johnson

He that is pushing his predecessors into the gulf of obscurity, cannot but sometimes suspect, that he must himself sink in like manner, and,…

— Samuel Johnson

His contempt for humanity grew fiercer, and at last he came to realize that the world is made up mostly of fools and scoundrels.…

— Joris-Karl Huysmans