"It is possible that the contemplation of cruelty……" — Lionel Trilling

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• You can tell when you have crossed the frontier into Germany because of the badness of the coffee. — Edward VII
• It may be laid down as a general rule, that their confidence in and obedience to a government, will be… — Alexander Hamilton
• What's the meaning of goodness if there isn't a little badness to overcome? — Unknown Author
• A real turnoff for guys is any girl who is way too into them. Like, you`re being way too nice.… — Kellan Lutz
• Dirty Love wasn't written and directed, it was committed. Here is a film so pitiful, it doesn't rise to the… — Roger Ebert
• Le Chiffre was serving a wonderful purpose, a really vital purpose, perhaps the best and highest purpose of all. By… — Ian Fleming
• If you’re comparing the badness of two words and you won’t even say one of them [the n-word], that’s the… — John Mulaney
• The Bible is one long story of God meeting our rebellion with His rescue, our sin with His salvation, our… — Tullian Tchividjian
• It is easy to love friends and sweethearts. This is selfish love. Higher love embraces enemies and all ugly, bad… — Michio Kushi
• Badness cannot succeed even in being bad in the same way in which goodness is good. Goodness is, so to… — C.S. Lewis
• Most companies aim to get bigger. But beyond a certain point, bigness becomes synonymous with badness. Think of Big Pharma,… — Andrew Hill
• Sending children away to get control of their anger perpetuates the feeling of 'badness" inside them...Chances are they were already… — Otto Weininger

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