Why inflict pain on oneself, w...

Why inflict pain on oneself, when so many others are ready to save us the trouble?

~George W. Pacaud~

When we do evil, We and our vi...

When we do evil, We and our victims Are equally bewildered.

~W. H. Auden~

When a man's willing and eager...

When a man's willing and eager, God joins in.

~Aeschylus~

Weak men are apt to be cruel b...

Weak men are apt to be cruel because they stick at nothing that may repair the ill effect of their mistakes.

~George, Lord Halifax~

We are oftener treacherous thr...

We are oftener treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

~La Rochefoucauld~

We all have flaws, and mine is...

We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked.

~James Thurber~

The weakest and most timorous ...

The weakest and most timorous are the most revengeful and implacable.

~Thomas Fuller~

Men are always wicked at botto...

Men are always wicked at bottom unless they are made good by some compulsion.

~Niccolo Machiavelli~

Man is worse than an animal wh...

Man is worse than an animal when he is an animal.

~Rabindranath Tagore~

Half of the harm that is done ...

Half of the harm that is done in this world Is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm - but the harm does not interest them.

~T. S. Eliot~

I must be cruel only to be kin...

I must be cruel only to be kind.

~William Shakespeare~

God bears with the wicked, but...

God bears with the wicked, but not forever.

~Cervantes~

April is the crudest month, br...

April is the crudest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain.

~T. S. Eliot~

All cruelty springs from weakn...

All cruelty springs from weakness.

~Seneca~