Disarming Quote by Jonathan Stroud

He who thinks all mankind is vile is a pessimist who mistakes his introspection for observation; he looks into his own heart and thinks…

— William George Jordan

I love him for his sake; And yet I know him a notorious liar, Think him a great way fool, solely a coward; Yet…

— William Shakespeare

Because he KNEW he was doing wrong. He felt the PAIN of his actions'-- 'But he did not amen them,' shows the Sky. 'The…

— Patrick Ness

His scorn of the great is repeated too often to be real; no man thinks much of that which he despises.

— Samuel Johnson

He is a fool that praises himself and a madman that speaks ill of himself

— Proverb

What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.

— Moliere

Therefore, the truly great man, although he does not injure others, does not credit himself with charity and mercy (these are natural to him).…

— Zhuangzi

He who has realized love for God in his heart is tireless in his pursuit of the Lord his God, and bears every hardship,…

— Maximus the Confessor

It is in his knowledge that man has found his greatness and his happiness, the high superiority which he holds over the other animals…

— James Smithson

He is a despicable sage whose wisdom does not profit himself.

— Publilius Syrus

He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a very low standard of it in his mind.

— William Hazlitt

His system of morality was the most benevolent and sublime probably that has been ever taught, and consequently more perfect than those of any…

— Thomas Jefferson