Family Quote by Marcus Aurelius

“Those who consider themselves fair, are particularly ruthless.”

— Erich Maria Remarque

“Ruthlessness is not power. Tyranny is not strength.”

— Elly Blake

Those who have the most cunning affect all their lives to condemn cunning; that they may make use of it on some great occasion,…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Ruthless is the temper of royalty; How much better to live among the equals.Let me decline in a safe old age. The very name…

— Euripides

“Human beings betray their worst failings when they marvel to find that a world ruler is neither foolishly indolent, presumptuous, nor cruel.”

— Marguerite Yourcenar

“The hidden and awful Wisdom which apportions the destinies of mankind is pleased so to humiliate and cast down the tender, good, and wise;…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“them from the ruthless mechanism of the world.”

— Colson Whitehead

“learn to conquer evil by good, malice by kindness, meekness, and humility.”

— St. John of Kronstadt

“That virtue in this world is hated ever; Malicious men may die, but malice never.     ORGON”

— Molière

Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness.

— Dodie Smith

“truly evil people, with all their malice and hatred, pose far less of a threat to mankind than the basically good people who believe…

— Larken Rose

“price. There is no such thing as pure good or pure evil, least of all in people. In the best of us there are…

— Terry Goodkind