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  1. A quotation from Shakespeare

    AUTOLYCUS: I see this is the time that the unjust man doth thrive.

    William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
    Winter’s Tale, Act 4, sc. 4, l. 796ff (4.4.796-797) (1611)

    More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…

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  2. A quotation from Shakespeare

    AUTOLYCUS: I see this is the time that the unjust man doth thrive.

    William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
    Winter’s Tale, Act 4, sc. 4, l. 796ff (4.4.796-797) (1611)

    More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #williamshakepeare #winterstale #badman #badperson #era #injustice #period #villainy #knavery #scoundrel

  3. A quotation from Shakespeare

    AUTOLYCUS: I see this is the time that the unjust man doth thrive.

    William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
    Winter’s Tale, Act 4, sc. 4, l. 796ff (4.4.796-797) (1611)

    More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #williamshakepeare #winterstale #badman #badperson #era #injustice #period #villainy #knavery #scoundrel

  4. A quotation from Shakespeare

    AUTOLYCUS: I see this is the time that the unjust man doth thrive.

    William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
    Winter’s Tale, Act 4, sc. 4, l. 796ff (4.4.796-797) (1611)

    More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #williamshakepeare #winterstale #badman #badperson #era #injustice #period #villainy #knavery #scoundrel

  5. A quotation from Shakespeare

    AUTOLYCUS: I see this is the time that the unjust man doth thrive.

    William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
    Winter’s Tale, Act 4, sc. 4, l. 796ff (4.4.796-797) (1611)

    More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #williamshakepeare #winterstale #badman #badperson #era #injustice #period #villainy #knavery #scoundrel

  6. A quotation from Shakespeare

    RICHARD: And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover
       To entertain these fair well-spoken days,
       I am determinèd to prove a villain
       And hate the idle pleasures of these days.

    William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
    Richard III, Act 1, sc. 1, l. 28ff (1.1.28-31) (1592)

    More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #williamshakespeare #richardiii #badguy #badperson #selfaffirmation #selfawareness #selfdetermination #selfdirection #selfevaluation #selfperception #selfunderstanding #villain

  7. A quotation from Shakespeare

    RICHARD: And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover
       To entertain these fair well-spoken days,
       I am determinèd to prove a villain
       And hate the idle pleasures of these days.

    William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
    Richard III, Act 1, sc. 1, l. 28ff (1.1.28-31) (1592)

    More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #williamshakespeare #richardiii #badguy #badperson #selfaffirmation #selfawareness #selfdetermination #selfdirection #selfevaluation #selfperception #selfunderstanding #villain

  8. A quotation from Shakespeare

    RICHARD: And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover
       To entertain these fair well-spoken days,
       I am determinèd to prove a villain
       And hate the idle pleasures of these days.

    William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
    Richard III, Act 1, sc. 1, l. 28ff (1.1.28-31) (1592)

    More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #williamshakespeare #richardiii #badguy #badperson #selfaffirmation #selfawareness #selfdetermination #selfdirection #selfevaluation #selfperception #selfunderstanding #villain

  9. A quotation from Shakespeare

    RICHARD: And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover
       To entertain these fair well-spoken days,
       I am determinèd to prove a villain
       And hate the idle pleasures of these days.

    William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
    Richard III, Act 1, sc. 1, l. 28ff (1.1.28-31) (1592)

    More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #williamshakespeare #richardiii #badguy #badperson #selfaffirmation #selfawareness #selfdetermination #selfdirection #selfevaluation #selfperception #selfunderstanding #villain

  10. A quotation from Euripides

    MEDEA: I shall never accept the favors of friends of yours,
       Nor take a thing from you, so you need not offer it.
       There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.
     
    [ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: οὔτ᾽ ἂν ξένοισι τοῖσι σοῖς χρησαίμεθ᾽ ἂν
       οὔτ᾽ ἄν τι δεξαίμεσθα, μηδ᾽ ἡμῖν δίδου:
       κακοῦ γὰρ ἀνδρὸς δῶρ᾽ ὄνησιν οὐκ ἔχει.]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Medea [Μήδεια], l. 616ff (431 BC) [tr. Warner (1944)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/81961/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #badperson #association #associates #evil #friends #gift #offer #rebuff #refual #rejection #repudiation #spurning

  11. A quotation from Euripides

    MEDEA: I shall never accept the favors of friends of yours,
       Nor take a thing from you, so you need not offer it.
       There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.
     
    [ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: οὔτ᾽ ἂν ξένοισι τοῖσι σοῖς χρησαίμεθ᾽ ἂν
       οὔτ᾽ ἄν τι δεξαίμεσθα, μηδ᾽ ἡμῖν δίδου:
       κακοῦ γὰρ ἀνδρὸς δῶρ᾽ ὄνησιν οὐκ ἔχει.]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Medea [Μήδεια], l. 616ff (431 BC) [tr. Warner (1944)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/81961/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #badperson #association #associates #evil #friends #gift #offer #rebuff #refual #rejection #repudiation #spurning

  12. A quotation from Euripides

    MEDEA: I shall never accept the favors of friends of yours,
       Nor take a thing from you, so you need not offer it.
       There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.
     
    [ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: οὔτ᾽ ἂν ξένοισι τοῖσι σοῖς χρησαίμεθ᾽ ἂν
       οὔτ᾽ ἄν τι δεξαίμεσθα, μηδ᾽ ἡμῖν δίδου:
       κακοῦ γὰρ ἀνδρὸς δῶρ᾽ ὄνησιν οὐκ ἔχει.]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Medea [Μήδεια], l. 616ff (431 BC) [tr. Warner (1944)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/81961/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #badperson #association #associates #evil #friends #gift #offer #rebuff #refual #rejection #repudiation #spurning

  13. A quotation from Euripides

    MEDEA: I shall never accept the favors of friends of yours,
       Nor take a thing from you, so you need not offer it.
       There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.
     
    [ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: οὔτ᾽ ἂν ξένοισι τοῖσι σοῖς χρησαίμεθ᾽ ἂν
       οὔτ᾽ ἄν τι δεξαίμεσθα, μηδ᾽ ἡμῖν δίδου:
       κακοῦ γὰρ ἀνδρὸς δῶρ᾽ ὄνησιν οὐκ ἔχει.]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Medea [Μήδεια], l. 616ff (431 BC) [tr. Warner (1944)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/81961/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #badperson #association #associates #evil #friends #gift #offer #rebuff #refual #rejection #repudiation #spurning

  14. A quotation from Euripides

    MEDEA: O Zeus, why did you give men certain ways
       to recognize false gold, when there’s no mark,
       no token stamped on the human body,
       to indicate which men are worthless.
       
    [ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: ὦ Ζεῦ, τί δὴ χρυσοῦ μὲν ὃς κίβδηλος ᾖ
       τεκμήρι᾽ ἀνθρώποισιν ὤπασας σαφῆ,
       ἀνδρῶν δ᾽ ὅτῳ χρὴ τὸν κακὸν διειδέναι
       οὐδεὶς χαρακτὴρ ἐμπέφυκε σώματι;]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Medea [Μήδεια], l. 516ff (431 BC) [tr. Johnston (2008)]

    More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/81527/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #medea #badperson #basemetal #character #counterfeit #discernment #divinegift #divinewill #gold #goodandevil #goodperson #insight

  15. A quotation from Euripides

    MEDEA: O Zeus, why did you give men certain ways
       to recognize false gold, when there’s no mark,
       no token stamped on the human body,
       to indicate which men are worthless.
       
    [ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: ὦ Ζεῦ, τί δὴ χρυσοῦ μὲν ὃς κίβδηλος ᾖ
       τεκμήρι᾽ ἀνθρώποισιν ὤπασας σαφῆ,
       ἀνδρῶν δ᾽ ὅτῳ χρὴ τὸν κακὸν διειδέναι
       οὐδεὶς χαρακτὴρ ἐμπέφυκε σώματι;]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Medea [Μήδεια], l. 516ff (431 BC) [tr. Johnston (2008)]

    More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/81527/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #medea #badperson #basemetal #character #counterfeit #discernment #divinegift #divinewill #gold #goodandevil #goodperson #insight

  16. A quotation from Euripides

    MEDEA: O Zeus, why did you give men certain ways
       to recognize false gold, when there’s no mark,
       no token stamped on the human body,
       to indicate which men are worthless.
       
    [ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: ὦ Ζεῦ, τί δὴ χρυσοῦ μὲν ὃς κίβδηλος ᾖ
       τεκμήρι᾽ ἀνθρώποισιν ὤπασας σαφῆ,
       ἀνδρῶν δ᾽ ὅτῳ χρὴ τὸν κακὸν διειδέναι
       οὐδεὶς χαρακτὴρ ἐμπέφυκε σώματι;]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Medea [Μήδεια], l. 516ff (431 BC) [tr. Johnston (2008)]

    More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/81527/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #medea #badperson #basemetal #character #counterfeit #discernment #divinegift #divinewill #gold #goodandevil #goodperson #insight

  17. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    We ought to beware of people who do not think it necessary to pretend that they are good and decent. Lack of hypocrisy in such things hints at a capacity for a most depraved ruthlessness.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 200 (1955)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/80863/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #badperson #character #decency #depravity #goodperson #hypocrisy #pretense #ruthlessness #sociability #mask

  18. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    We ought to beware of people who do not think it necessary to pretend that they are good and decent. Lack of hypocrisy in such things hints at a capacity for a most depraved ruthlessness.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 200 (1955)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/80863/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #badperson #character #decency #depravity #goodperson #hypocrisy #pretense #ruthlessness #sociability #mask

  19. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    We ought to beware of people who do not think it necessary to pretend that they are good and decent. Lack of hypocrisy in such things hints at a capacity for a most depraved ruthlessness.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 200 (1955)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/80863/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #badperson #character #decency #depravity #goodperson #hypocrisy #pretense #ruthlessness #sociability #mask

  20. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    We ought to beware of people who do not think it necessary to pretend that they are good and decent. Lack of hypocrisy in such things hints at a capacity for a most depraved ruthlessness.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 200 (1955)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/80863/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #badperson #character #decency #depravity #goodperson #hypocrisy #pretense #ruthlessness #sociability #mask

  21. A quotation from Thomas Fuller

    Never trust a malicious Man upon the Account that thou hast done him good Offices: For thou hast but fed a Dragon that will devour thee, if ever thou comest within his reach.

    Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
    Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 1, # 948 (1725)

    More about this quote: wist.info/fuller-thomas-1654/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomasfuller #badperson #betrayal #evilperson #faithlessness #favor #malice #quidproquo #selfbetrayal #transaction #trust #trustworthiness

  22. A quotation from Thomas Fuller

    Never trust a malicious Man upon the Account that thou hast done him good Offices: For thou hast but fed a Dragon that will devour thee, if ever thou comest within his reach.

    Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
    Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 1, # 948 (1725)

    More about this quote: wist.info/fuller-thomas-1654/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomasfuller #badperson #betrayal #evilperson #faithlessness #favor #malice #quidproquo #selfbetrayal #transaction #trust #trustworthiness

  23. A quotation from Thomas Fuller

    Never trust a malicious Man upon the Account that thou hast done him good Offices: For thou hast but fed a Dragon that will devour thee, if ever thou comest within his reach.

    Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
    Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 1, # 948 (1725)

    More about this quote: wist.info/fuller-thomas-1654/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomasfuller #badperson #betrayal #evilperson #faithlessness #favor #malice #quidproquo #selfbetrayal #transaction #trust #trustworthiness

  24. A quotation from Thomas Fuller

    Never trust a malicious Man upon the Account that thou hast done him good Offices: For thou hast but fed a Dragon that will devour thee, if ever thou comest within his reach.

    Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
    Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 1, # 948 (1725)

    More about this quote: wist.info/fuller-thomas-1654/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomasfuller #badperson #betrayal #evilperson #faithlessness #favor #malice #quidproquo #selfbetrayal #transaction #trust #trustworthiness

  25. When I was a young (as opposed to the old that I am now) I used to write some horridly dark songs - mainly just to shock my dark-humored friends. While I don't remember any of the songs from back then in detail, I do remember after the news of the Jonestown mass suicide I wrote a nice little rock-a-billy ditty that included the lyrics "Everybody look around tell me what do you see? 900 bodies piled up to your knees." Every November 18th when I see a reminder via some "this date in history" I see this and my sad, sad mind simply jumps to those lyrics.

    I think I might be a bad person....

    #OldManYellsAtSelf #badperson

  26. When I was a young (as opposed to the old that I am now) I used to write some horridly dark songs - mainly just to shock my dark-humored friends. While I don't remember any of the songs from back then in detail, I do remember after the news of the Jonestown mass suicide I wrote a nice little rock-a-billy ditty that included the lyrics "Everybody look around tell me what do you see? 900 bodies piled up to your knees." Every November 18th when I see a reminder via some "this date in history" I see this and my sad, sad mind simply jumps to those lyrics.

    I think I might be a bad person....

    #OldManYellsAtSelf #badperson

  27. When I was a young (as opposed to the old that I am now) I used to write some horridly dark songs - mainly just to shock my dark-humored friends. While I don't remember any of the songs from back then in detail, I do remember after the news of the Jonestown mass suicide I wrote a nice little rock-a-billy ditty that included the lyrics "Everybody look around tell me what do you see? 900 bodies piled up to your knees." Every November 18th when I see a reminder via some "this date in history" I see this and my sad, sad mind simply jumps to those lyrics.

    I think I might be a bad person....

    #OldManYellsAtSelf #badperson

  28. When I was a young (as opposed to the old that I am now) I used to write some horridly dark songs - mainly just to shock my dark-humored friends. While I don't remember any of the songs from back then in detail, I do remember after the news of the Jonestown mass suicide I wrote a nice little rock-a-billy ditty that included the lyrics "Everybody look around tell me what do you see? 900 bodies piled up to your knees." Every November 18th when I see a reminder via some "this date in history" I see this and my sad, sad mind simply jumps to those lyrics.

    I think I might be a bad person....

    #OldManYellsAtSelf #badperson

  29. When I was a young (as opposed to the old that I am now) I used to write some horridly dark songs - mainly just to shock my dark-humored friends. While I don't remember any of the songs from back then in detail, I do remember after the news of the Jonestown mass suicide I wrote a nice little rock-a-billy ditty that included the lyrics "Everybody look around tell me what do you see? 900 bodies piled up to your knees." Every November 18th when I see a reminder via some "this date in history" I see this and my sad, sad mind simply jumps to those lyrics.

    I think I might be a bad person....

    #OldManYellsAtSelf #badperson

  30. A quotation from C. C. Colton

    A revengeful knave will do more than he will say; a grateful one will say more than he will do.

    Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
    Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 1, § 441 (1820)

    More info about this quote: wist.info/colton-charles-caleb…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cccolton #action #badperson #debt #gratitude #ingratitude #knave #revenge #vengeance #wordsanddeeds

  31. A quotation from C. C. Colton

    A revengeful knave will do more than he will say; a grateful one will say more than he will do.

    Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
    Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 1, § 441 (1820)

    More info about this quote: wist.info/colton-charles-caleb…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cccolton #action #badperson #debt #gratitude #ingratitude #knave #revenge #vengeance #wordsanddeeds

  32. A quotation from C. C. Colton

    A revengeful knave will do more than he will say; a grateful one will say more than he will do.

    Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
    Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 1, § 441 (1820)

    More info about this quote: wist.info/colton-charles-caleb…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cccolton #action #badperson #debt #gratitude #ingratitude #knave #revenge #vengeance #wordsanddeeds

  33. A quotation from C. C. Colton

    A revengeful knave will do more than he will say; a grateful one will say more than he will do.

    Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
    Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 1, § 441 (1820)

    More info about this quote: wist.info/colton-charles-caleb…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cccolton #action #badperson #debt #gratitude #ingratitude #knave #revenge #vengeance #wordsanddeeds

  34. A quotation from Moliere

    SGANARELLE: But when a great lord is a wicked man, it is a terrible thing.
     
    [Mais un grand seigneur méchant homme est une terrible chose.]

    Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
    Don Juan [Dom Juan], Act 1, sc. 1 (1665) [tr. Waller (1904)]

    More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/moliere/80101/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #moliere #donjuan #abuseofpower #badperson #character #evil #greatperson #greatness #lord #noble #power #wickedness #potentate

  35. A quotation from Moliere

    SGANARELLE: But when a great lord is a wicked man, it is a terrible thing.
     
    [Mais un grand seigneur méchant homme est une terrible chose.]

    Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
    Don Juan [Dom Juan], Act 1, sc. 1 (1665) [tr. Waller (1904)]

    More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/moliere/80101/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #moliere #donjuan #abuseofpower #badperson #character #evil #greatperson #greatness #lord #noble #power #wickedness #potentate

  36. A quotation from Moliere

    SGANARELLE: But when a great lord is a wicked man, it is a terrible thing.
     
    [Mais un grand seigneur méchant homme est une terrible chose.]

    Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
    Don Juan [Dom Juan], Act 1, sc. 1 (1665) [tr. Waller (1904)]

    More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/moliere/80101/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #moliere #donjuan #abuseofpower #badperson #character #evil #greatperson #greatness #lord #noble #power #wickedness #potentate

  37. A quotation from Moliere

    SGANARELLE: But when a great lord is a wicked man, it is a terrible thing.
     
    [Mais un grand seigneur méchant homme est une terrible chose.]

    Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
    Don Juan [Dom Juan], Act 1, sc. 1 (1665) [tr. Waller (1904)]

    More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/moliere/80101/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #moliere #donjuan #abuseofpower #badperson #character #evil #greatperson #greatness #lord #noble #power #wickedness #potentate

  38. A quotation from Moliere

    DON LOUIS: No, no, birth is nothing where virtue is not. […] Know that a man of noble birth who leads an evil life is a monster in nature; virtue is the prime title of nobility; I care much less for the name a man signs than for the deeds he does; and I should feel more esteem for the son of a porter who was a true man, than for the son of a king who lived as you do.
     
    [Non, non, la naissance n’est rien où la vertu n’est pas. […] Apprenez enfin qu’un gentilhomme qui vit mal est un monstre dans la nature ; que la vertu est le premier titre de noblesse ; que je regarde bien moins au nom qu’on signe, qu’aux actions qu’on fait, et que je ferais plus d’état du fils d’un crocheteur, qui serait honnête homme, que du fils d’un monarque qui vivrait comme vous.]

    Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
    Don Juan [Dom Juan], Act 4, sc. 6 (1665) [tr. Page (1908)]

    More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/moliere/79973/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #moliere #donjuan #action #birth #character #deeds #elite #moralcharacter #nobility #rank #status #virtue #goodperson #badperson

  39. A quotation from Moliere

    DON LOUIS: No, no, birth is nothing where virtue is not. […] Know that a man of noble birth who leads an evil life is a monster in nature; virtue is the prime title of nobility; I care much less for the name a man signs than for the deeds he does; and I should feel more esteem for the son of a porter who was a true man, than for the son of a king who lived as you do.
     
    [Non, non, la naissance n’est rien où la vertu n’est pas. […] Apprenez enfin qu’un gentilhomme qui vit mal est un monstre dans la nature ; que la vertu est le premier titre de noblesse ; que je regarde bien moins au nom qu’on signe, qu’aux actions qu’on fait, et que je ferais plus d’état du fils d’un crocheteur, qui serait honnête homme, que du fils d’un monarque qui vivrait comme vous.]

    Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
    Don Juan [Dom Juan], Act 4, sc. 6 (1665) [tr. Page (1908)]

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  40. A quotation from Moliere

    DON LOUIS: No, no, birth is nothing where virtue is not. […] Know that a man of noble birth who leads an evil life is a monster in nature; virtue is the prime title of nobility; I care much less for the name a man signs than for the deeds he does; and I should feel more esteem for the son of a porter who was a true man, than for the son of a king who lived as you do.
     
    [Non, non, la naissance n’est rien où la vertu n’est pas. […] Apprenez enfin qu’un gentilhomme qui vit mal est un monstre dans la nature ; que la vertu est le premier titre de noblesse ; que je regarde bien moins au nom qu’on signe, qu’aux actions qu’on fait, et que je ferais plus d’état du fils d’un crocheteur, qui serait honnête homme, que du fils d’un monarque qui vivrait comme vous.]

    Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
    Don Juan [Dom Juan], Act 4, sc. 6 (1665) [tr. Page (1908)]

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  41. A quotation from Moliere

    DON LOUIS: No, no, birth is nothing where virtue is not. […] Know that a man of noble birth who leads an evil life is a monster in nature; virtue is the prime title of nobility; I care much less for the name a man signs than for the deeds he does; and I should feel more esteem for the son of a porter who was a true man, than for the son of a king who lived as you do.
     
    [Non, non, la naissance n’est rien où la vertu n’est pas. […] Apprenez enfin qu’un gentilhomme qui vit mal est un monstre dans la nature ; que la vertu est le premier titre de noblesse ; que je regarde bien moins au nom qu’on signe, qu’aux actions qu’on fait, et que je ferais plus d’état du fils d’un crocheteur, qui serait honnête homme, que du fils d’un monarque qui vivrait comme vous.]

    Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
    Don Juan [Dom Juan], Act 4, sc. 6 (1665) [tr. Page (1908)]

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  42. A quotation from C. C. Colton

    He that is good will infallibly become better, and he that is bad will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue, and time are three things that never stand still.

    Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
    Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 1, § 457 (1820)

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  43. A quotation from C. C. Colton

    He that is good will infallibly become better, and he that is bad will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue, and time are three things that never stand still.

    Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
    Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 1, § 457 (1820)

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  44. A quotation from C. C. Colton

    He that is good will infallibly become better, and he that is bad will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue, and time are three things that never stand still.

    Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
    Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 1, § 457 (1820)

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  45. A quotation from C. C. Colton

    He that is good will infallibly become better, and he that is bad will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue, and time are three things that never stand still.

    Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
    Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 1, § 457 (1820)

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  46. A quotation from Robert Bolt

    MARGARET: Father, that man’s bad.
    MORE: There is no law against that.
    ROPER: There is! God’s law!
    MORE: Then God can arrest him.

    Robert Bolt (1924-1995) English dramatist
    A Man for All Seasons, play, Act 1 (1960)

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  47. A quotation from Moliere:

    «
    ALCESTE: Whenever his name comes up in conversation,
    None will defend his wretched reputation.
    Call him knave, liar, scoundrel, and all the rest,
    Each head will nod, and no one will protest.
    And yet his smirk is seen in every house,
    He’s greeted everywhere with smiles and bows,
    And when there’s any honor that can be got
    By pulli...
    »

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  48. A quotation from Moliere:

    «
    ALCESTE: Whenever his name comes up in conversation,
    None will defend his wretched reputation.
    Call him knave, liar, scoundrel, and all the rest,
    Each head will nod, and no one will protest.
    And yet his smirk is seen in every house,
    He’s greeted everywhere with smiles and bows,
    And when there’s any honor that can be got
    By pulli...
    »

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    wist.info/moliere/74103/

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  49. A quotation from Moliere:

    «
    ALCESTE: Whenever his name comes up in conversation,
    None will defend his wretched reputation.
    Call him knave, liar, scoundrel, and all the rest,
    Each head will nod, and no one will protest.
    And yet his smirk is seen in every house,
    He’s greeted everywhere with smiles and bows,
    And when there’s any honor that can be got
    By pulli...
    »

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    wist.info/moliere/74103/

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  50. A quotation from Pratchett, Terry:

    «
    Something Vimes had learned as a young guard drifted up from memory. If you have to look along the shaft of an arrow from the wrong end, if a man has you entirely at his mercy, then hope like hell that man is an evil man. Because the evil like power, power over people, and they want to see you in f…
    »

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    wist.info/pratchett-terry/4674

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  51. A quotation from Pratchett, Terry:

    «
    Something Vimes had learned as a young guard drifted up from memory. If you have to look along the shaft of an arrow from the wrong end, if a man has you entirely at his mercy, then hope like hell that man is an evil man. Because the evil like power, power over people, and they want to see you in f…
    »

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    wist.info/pratchett-terry/4674

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  52. A quotation from Pratchett, Terry:

    «
    Something Vimes had learned as a young guard drifted up from memory. If you have to look along the shaft of an arrow from the wrong end, if a man has you entirely at his mercy, then hope like hell that man is an evil man. Because the evil like power, power over people, and they want to see you in f…
    »

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    wist.info/pratchett-terry/4674

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