Wicked Man Quotes

• Every wicked man is in ignorance as to what he ought to do, and from what to abstain, and it is because of error such as this that men become unjust and, in a word, wicked.

  Aristotle

  Ignorance, Men, Errors

  Aristotle (1869). “The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle”, p.63

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• If the Lord should bring a wicked man to heaven, heaven would be hell to him; for he who loves not grace upon earth will never love it in heaven

  Christopher Love

  Men, Heaven, Grace

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• The giving of riches and honors to a wicked man is like giving strong wine to him that hath a fever.

  Plutarch

  Strong, Wine, Men

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• Wicked men obey for fear, but the good for love.

  Aristotle

  Fear, Men, Wicked

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• If fortune makes a wicked man prosperous and a good man poor, there is no need to wonder. For the wicked regard wealth as everything, the good as nothing. And the good fortune of the bad cannot take away their badness, while virtue alone will be enough for the good.

  Sallust

  Men, Good Man, Wicked

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• Was ever any wicked man free from the stings of a guilty conscience?

  John Tillotson

  Men, Wicked, Guilty Conscience

  John Tillotson (1720). “The works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson ... containing fifty four sermons and discourses, on several occasions”, p.52

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• He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in seeking succor meets with ruin.

  Periander

  Men, Safety, Wicked

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• When a man walks in the fear of God he knows no fear, even if he were to be surrounded by wicked men. He has the fear of God within him and wears the invincible armor of faith. This makes him strong and able to take on anything, even things which seem difficult or impossible to most people. Such a man is like a giant surrounded by monkeys, or a roaring lion among dogs and foxes. He goes forward trusting in the Lord and the constancy of his will to strike and paralyze his foes. He wields the blazing club of the Word in wisdom.

  Symeon the New Theologian

  Dog, Strong, Men

  Saint Symeon (the New Theologian), Paul McGuckin (1982). “The practical and theological chapters ; and, Three theological discourses”

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• I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of both; and I believe they both get paid in the end; but the fools first.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Believe, Men, Wicked

  Robert Louis Stevenson (2016). “Kidnapped: Stevenson's Vol. 23”, p.80, VM eBooks

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  The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

  Edmund Burke

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Witty

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• No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.

  Juvenal

  Men, Wicked, Knows

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• This wicked man Hitler, the repository and embodiment of many forms of soul-destroying hatred. this monstrous product of former wrongs and shame.

  Winston Churchill

  Men, Hatred, Soul

  Winston Churchill (2012). “Churchill: The Power of Words”, p.356, Da Capo Press

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• Sin in a wicked man is like poison in a serpent; it is in its natural place.

  Thomas Brooks

  Men, Wicked, Poison

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• The disappointed man turns his thoughts toward a state of existence where his wiser desires may be fixed with the certainty of faith; the successful man feels that the objects which he has ardently pursued fail to satisfy the cravings of an immortal spirit; the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness, that he may save his soul alive.

  Robert Southey

  Successful, Men, Soul

  Robert Southey (1832). “On Sir Francis Burdett's motion for parliamentary reform.-On the conduct of the war.-On the cry of the Whigs for peace, 1810.-Army and navy reforms, 1810.-On the economical reformers, 1811.-On the state of the poor.-The principle of Mr. Malthus's essay on population.-The manufacturing system, 1812.-On the state of the poor.-On the accounts of England by foreign travellers and the state of public opinion, 1816.-On the state of public opinion and the political reformers, 1816.-v.2 A letter to Will”, p.235

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• The love of wicked men converts to fear;
  That fear to hate, and hate turns one or both
  To worthy danger and deserved death.

  William Shakespeare

  Change, Hate, Men

  William Shakespeare, Charles R. Forker (2002). “King Richard II: Third Series”, p.423, Cengage Learning EMEA

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• Wicked me obey from fear; good men,from love.

  Aristotle

  Love, Inspirational, Heartbreak

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• Virtue is the habit of acting according to wisdom. GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ, "Felicity", Leibniz: Political Writings Virtue is harder to be got than knowledge of the world; and, if lost in a young man, is seldom recovered. JOHN LOCKE, Some Thoughts Concerning Education However wicked men may be, they do not dare openly to appear the enemies of virtue, and when they desire to persecute her they either pretend to believe her false or attribute crimes to her.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Believe, Writing, Men

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• There is poison in the fang of the serpent, in the mouth of the fly and in the sting of a scorpion; but the wicked man is saturated with it.

  Chanakya

  Inspirational, Men, Wicked

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• Born in the same land, we ought to live as brothers, doing to each other all the good we can, and not listening to wicked men, who may endeavor to make us enemies. By living in peace, we can help and prosper one another; by waging war, we can kill and destroy many on both sides; but those who survive will not be the happier for that.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Peace, Brother, War

  Thomas Jefferson, Richard Holland Johnston, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association of the United States “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson”

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• I am a bad, wicked man, but I am practicing moral self-purification; I don't eat meat any more, I now eat rice cutlets.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Men, Self, Wicked

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• The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled.

  Denis Diderot

  Men, Theatre, Wicked

  Denis Diderot (1966). “Selected Writings”, New York : Macmillan

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• When Abba Anthony thought about the depths of the judgments of God, he asked, 'Lord, how is it that some die when they are young, while others drag on to extreme old age? Why are there those who are poor and those who are rich? Why do wicked men prosper and why are the just in need?' He heard a voice answering him, 'Antony, keep your attention on yourself; these things are according to the judgment of God, and it is not to your advantage to know anything about them.'

  Anthony the Great

  Christian, Men, Voice

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• As a wicked man I am a complete failure. Why, there are lots of people who say I have never really done anything wrong in the whole course of my life. Of course they only say it behind my back.

  Oscar Wilde

  Men, People, Wicked

  Oscar Wilde (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Illustrated)”, p.203, Delphi Classics

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• Little boldness is needed to assail the opinions and practices of notoriously wicked men; but to rebuke great and good men for their conduct, and to impeach their discernment, is the highest effort of moral courage.

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Integrity, Men, Practice

  William Lloyd Garrison (1832). “Thoughts on African Colonization: Or an Impartial Exhibition of the Doctrines, Principles and Purposes of the American Colonization Society. Together with the Resolutions, Addresses and Remonstrances of the Free People of Color”, p.6

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• When a man has calamity upon calamity the world generally concludes that he must be a very wicked man to deserve them. Perhaps the world is right; but it is also just possible that the world ... may be wrong.

  Amelia Barr

  Men, Wicked, World

  Amelia Barr (2017). “Jan Vedder's Wife”, p.67, Litres

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