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Kathel, you have the face of a scoundrel." Her eyes drifted slowly over his face and landed for a moment on his full lips. "With lips created for sin."
"Keirah," he whispered, gently squeezing her hands. "Talk like that is not helping matters. ~ Madison Thorne Grey
Scoundrel quotes by Madison Thorne Grey
As long as I live under the capitalistic system I expect to have my life influenced by the demands of moneyed people. But I will be damned if I propose to be at the beck and call of every itinerant scoundrel who has two cents to invest in a postage stamp. This, sir, is my resignation. ~ William Faulkner
Scoundrel quotes by William Faulkner
I don't know what a scoundrel is like, but I know what a respectable man is like, and it's enough to make one's flesh creep. ~ Joseph De Maistre
Scoundrel quotes by Joseph De Maistre
I fear you're correct there. Catherine warns me that he has the look of a scoundrel about him."
"Jack has told me that he's not going to let his daughter out of the house until she's forty. ~ Lorraine Heath
Scoundrel quotes by Lorraine Heath
With the blood of a scoundrel and a princess in his veins, his defiance will shake the stars. ~ Chuck Wendig
Scoundrel quotes by Chuck Wendig
If I dwell at some length on the tremors and gropings of that distant night, it is because I insist upon proving that I am not, and never was, and never could have been, a brutal scoundrel. The gentle and dreamy regions through which I crept were the patrimonies of poets-not crime's prowling ground. Had I reached my goal, my ecstasy would have been all softness, a case of internal combustion of which she would hardly have felt the heat, even if she were wide awake. But I still hoped she might gradually be engulfed in a completeness of stupor that would allow me to taste more than a glimmer of her. ~ Vladimir Nabokov
Scoundrel quotes by Vladimir Nabokov
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel. ~ Eugene V. Debs
Scoundrel quotes by Eugene V. Debs
It doesn't matter who you marry, as long as he thinks like you and is a gentleman and a Southerner and prideful. For a woman, love comes after marriage."
"Oh, Pa, that's such an Old Country notion!"
"And a good notion it is! All this American business of running around marrying for love, like servants, like Yankees! The best marriages are when the parents choose for the girl. For how can a silly piece like yourself tell a good man from a scoundrel? ~ Margaret Mitchell
Scoundrel quotes by Margaret Mitchell
The first derivative is the last refuge of a scoundrel. ~ Charles P. Kindleberger
Scoundrel quotes by Charles P. Kindleberger
Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one less scoundrel in the world. ~ Thomas Carlyle
Scoundrel quotes by Thomas Carlyle
That one doesn't count. The poor scoundrel is deaf, but he makes a fine sniffer. How do you think we found you? ~ H.S. Crow
Scoundrel quotes by H.S. Crow
HAMM:
Scoundrel! Why did you engender me?
NAGG:
I didn't know.
HAMM:
What? What didn't you know?
NAGG:
That it'd be you.
(Pause.) ~ Samuel Beckett
Scoundrel quotes by Samuel Beckett
Compare two people, one of whom has been crippled by an accident, the other by an early environmental history which makes him lazy and, when criticized, mean. Both cause great inconvenience to others, but one dies a martyr, the other a scoundrel. ~ B.F. Skinner
Scoundrel quotes by B.F. Skinner
ANTAGONIST, n. The miserable scoundrel who won't let us. ~ Ambrose Bierce
Scoundrel quotes by Ambrose Bierce
Is the prison that Mr. Scoundrel lives in at the end of his career a more uncomfortable place than the workhouse that Mr. Honesty lives in at the end of his career? ~ Wilkie Collins
Scoundrel quotes by Wilkie Collins
The keen Saracen blade sliced through the archbishop's shield down to his arm, but Turpin's aim was truer. Corsablis's turbaned head rolled in the dust as the prelate swung his mighty weapon. The Berber's steed raced on, bearing a headless rider who soon toppled from his mount. Turpin, galloping on to where the press was thickest, turned in his saddle and addressed the head where it lay: 'Scoundrel pagan, you've met your end! So be it always with the enemies of Christ! ~ Mario Andrew Pei
Scoundrel quotes by Mario Andrew Pei
Think about how hard, not to mention ineffective, it would be to stand up in public and say, 'I did something unforgiveable that only a scoundrel would do, yet I'm not a scoundrel and you must forgive me.' It sounds like a paradox, doesn't it? Well, it's one we must embrace if we are to make any progress as a species, because we all do the bad things that only bad people would do, as well as the good things that only good people would do, which is why we mustn't hold anything against one another. If we want better apologies, we need to be more forgiving - it's as simple as that. ~ Sophie Hannah
Scoundrel quotes by Sophie Hannah
Every passion gives a particular cast to the countenance, and is apt to discover itself in some feature or other. I have seen an eye curse for half an hour together, and an eyebrow call a man a scoundrel. ~ Joseph Addison
Scoundrel quotes by Joseph Addison
Captain John Sommers joined his brother and sister in the library, Do you remember Jacob Todd?
-The cad who defrauded us with that yarn about missions in Tierra del Fuego? asked Jeremy Sommers.
-The same ... He changed his name. Now he calls himself Jacob Freemont, and he's a newspaperman in San Francisco.
-Egad! So it is true that in the United States any scoundrel may begin a new life?
-Jacob Todd paid for his offense several times over. I think it is splendid that there is a country where a man can have a second chance. ~ Isabel Allende
Scoundrel quotes by Isabel Allende
My business was to declare myself a scoundrel, and whether I did it with a bow or a bluster was of little importance. ~ Jane Austen
Scoundrel quotes by Jane Austen
Patriotism is usually the refuge of the scoundrel. He is the man who talks the loudest. ~ Mark Twain
Scoundrel quotes by Mark Twain
Whenever A annoys or injures B on the pretense of saving or improving X, A is a scoundrel. ~ H.L. Mencken
Scoundrel quotes by H.L. Mencken
Honest men cannot be expected to anticipate the actions of scoundrels. ~ Mary Street
Scoundrel quotes by Mary Street
If you went to a home, kicked down the front door, chased the people who lived there out into the street and said, "Go! You are free! Free as a bird! Go! Go!"
do you think they would shout and dance for joy? They wouldn't. Birds are not free. The people you've just evicted would sputter, "With what right do you throw us out? This is our home. We own it. We have lived here for years. We're calling the police, you scoundrel. ~ Yann Martel
Scoundrel quotes by Yann Martel
Respected Teacher,

My son will have to learn that all men are not just, all men are not true.

But teach him also that for ever scoundrel there is a hero; that for every selfish politician, there is a dedicated leader. Teach him that for every enemy there is a friend.

It will take time, I know; but teach him, if you can, that a dollar earned is far more valuable than five found.

Teach him to learn to lose and also to enjoy winning.

Steer him away from envy, if you can.

Teach him the secret of quite laughter. Let him learn early that the bullies are the easiest to tick.

Teach him, if you can, the wonder of books... but also give him quiet time to ponder over the eternal mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun, and flowers on a green hill.

In school teach him it is far more honorable to fail than to cheat.

Teach him to have faith in his own ideas, even if every one tells him they are wrong.

Teach him to be gentle with gentle people and tough with the tough.

Try to give my son the strength not to follow the crowd when every one is getting on the bandwagon.

Teach him to listen to all men but teach him also to filter all he hears on a screen of truth and take only the good that comes through.

Teach him, if you can, how to laugh when he is sad. Teach him there is no shame in tears. Teach him to scoff at cynics and to beware of too much ~ Abraham Lincoln
Scoundrel quotes by Abraham Lincoln
Then I knelt heedfully upright and mentally prayed as we'd been instructed to do, some scared and scientific part of me assaying myself for chemical reactions or a sudden infusion of wisdom while fancying Christ now sitting dismally in my scoundrel soul, my oh so many sins pooling like sewer water at his sandaled feet. But soon I saw that I was still me; there would be no howls of objection, no immediate correction or condemnation, no hint that I was under new management, just the calming sense that whoever I was was fine with Jesus.

It was a grace I hadn't imagined. ~ Ron Hansen
Scoundrel quotes by Ron Hansen
Sometimes you say things with a smile with the precise intention of making it clear that you are not being serious, and are only kidding. If I salute a friend with a smile and say, 'How are you, you old scoundrel!' clearly I don't really mean he's a scoundrel. ~ Umberto Eco
Scoundrel quotes by Umberto Eco
If one tells the truth about being a scoundrel, is he a scoundrel at all? ~ Sarah MacLean
Scoundrel quotes by Sarah MacLean
I hope he's just a scoundrel . . . because a saint can stir up ten times as much mischief as a scoundrel. ~ Robert A. Heinlein
Scoundrel quotes by Robert A. Heinlein
If patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, it is not merely because evil deeds may be performed in the name of patriotism, but because patriotic fervor can obliterate moral distinctions altogether. ~ Ralph Barton Perry
Scoundrel quotes by Ralph Barton Perry
A gentleman can't let a lady sleep in an armchair while he takes his ease in a bed."
"But you are not a gentleman," she pointed out. "You are the greatest scoundrel in all the land."
He tilted his head to consider that. "All right. You take the chair. ~ Christina Brooke
Scoundrel quotes by Christina Brooke
I have no idea what the mind of a lowlife scoundrel is like, but I know what the mind of an honest man is like; it is terrifying. ~ Abel Hermant
Scoundrel quotes by Abel Hermant
He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars; General Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite and flatterer: For Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars. ~ William Blake
Scoundrel quotes by William Blake
Make not, when you work a deed of shame, The scoundrel's plea, 'My forbears did the same. ~ Al-Ma'arri
Scoundrel quotes by Al-Ma'arri
It is no great misfortune to oblige ungrateful people, but an unsupportable one to be forced to be under an obligation to a scoundrel. ~ Philip James Bailey
Scoundrel quotes by Philip James Bailey
Never trust a man whom you know to have acted like a scoundrel to others, whatever friendliness he may profess to feel towards yourself, however plausible he may be, or however kindly he may behave; be sure that, the moment he has anything to gain by so doing, he will "throw you over." ~ Charlie Day
Scoundrel quotes by Charlie Day
Everyone who does not agree with me is a traitor and a scoundrel. ~ George III
Scoundrel quotes by George III
He was a scoundrel and a saint and a survivor. A tangled Celtic knot of thorns and roses. Ragged and sincere. It moved her deeply. Like a forgotten melody that suddenly struck a vibrant chord inside her heart. He was almost irresistible. ~ Zita Steele
Scoundrel quotes by Zita Steele
The damnest scoundrel that ever lived, but in the infinite mercy of Providence ... also the damnest fool. ~ Abraham Lincoln
Scoundrel quotes by Abraham Lincoln
He's a scoundrel, young Brad Pitt, who led me, his elderly colleague, astray more than once. ~ Peter O'Toole
Scoundrel quotes by Peter O'Toole
Ye are a scoundrel, a black-hearted robber and a rogue,' Stubble said cheerily to the grumbling captain. It was his usual way of haggling, and he'd beaten down the riverman to a decent price for conveying himself and Anvar to Lankarn. ~ Ian Livingstone
Scoundrel quotes by Ian Livingstone
Only by himself, with one acre and a house, will a dunce be a dunce. Once he manages to gain power, he'll turn into a scoundrel. ~ Franz Grillparzer
Scoundrel quotes by Franz Grillparzer
I am not here to pass civilities or compliments with you, but on other business. I have stood your meanness as long as I intend to. You have played the part of a damned scoundrel, and are a coward, and if you were any part of a man I would slap your jaws and force you to resent it. You may as well not issue any more orders to me, for I will not obey them ... and as I say to you that if you ever again try to interfere with me or cross my path it will be at the peril of your life. ~ Nathan Bedford Forrest
Scoundrel quotes by Nathan Bedford Forrest
I believe you owe me a token, my lady. Or do you wish me to extend credit?"
"What, and have you claim I owe you some further recompense?" she declined with a scornful laugh as she flipped him a wooden chip.
"Definitely not!"
Christopher sighed in exaggerated disappointment. "Too bad. I was looking forward to collecting."
"You always are," she murmured as he leaned forward to pick up the chip.
"You can hardly fault me there." His tone was equally soft as his eyes caressed her warmly. "You sorely test my restraints, my lady."
"Restraints?" She raised a delicate brow in disbelief. "I have seen no evidence of such."
"Madam, if you really knew, you'd think me a scoundrel."
"I already do."

-Christopher & Erienne ~ Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
Scoundrel quotes by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
We do not want to be told what we know. We do not want to call things by their names, although we're willing to call one another bad ones. We call meanness nobility and hatred honor. The way to make yourself a hero is to make me out a scoundrel. You won't admit that either, but it's true. ~ Thomas Wolfe
Scoundrel quotes by Thomas Wolfe
Thank you for checking on me. You even wore your sword."

Alric looked down. "I didn't know what beast or scoundrel might be attacking the princess. I had to come prepared to do battle."

"Can you even draw that thing?"

He frowned at her again. "Oh, quit it, will you? They say I fought masterfully in the Battle of Medford."

"Masterfully?"

He struggled to stop himself from smiling. "Yes, some might even say heroically. In fact, I believe some did say heroically."

"You've watched that silly play too many times."

"It's good theater, and I like to support the arts."

"The arts." She rolled her eyes. "You just like it because it makes all the girls swoon and you love all the attention."

"Well…" He shrugged guiltily.

"Don't deny it! I've seen you with a crowd of them circling like vultures and you grinning and strutting around like the prize bull at the fair. Do you make a list? Does Julian send them to your chambers by hair color, height, or merely in alphabetical order?"

"It's not like that."

"You know, you do have to get married, and the sooner, the better. You have a lineage to protect. Kings who don't produce heirs cause civil wars. ~ Michael J. Sullivan
Scoundrel quotes by Michael J. Sullivan
He was utterly incapable of resisting the maneuvers of the mealy-mouthed scoundrel that the Neapolitan Vincentian, Bugnini,77 a man as bereft of culture as he was of basic honesty, soon revealed himself to be. Even ~ Louis Bouyer
Scoundrel quotes by Louis Bouyer
If you are strong and fighting the weak, then if you kill your opponent then you are a scoundrel ... if you let him kill you, then you are an idiot. ~ Martin Van Creveld
Scoundrel quotes by Martin Van Creveld
The narrator refers to a character as an oily scoundrel whose hands were heavy with the money that stuck to them. ~ Pearl S. Buck
Scoundrel quotes by Pearl S. Buck
Public office is the last refuge of a scoundrel. ~ Senator Boies Penrose
Scoundrel quotes by Senator Boies Penrose
I think,' Olympia said slowly, 'that I know you quite well.' She looked down at the deck and added in a carefully mild voice, 'You can be a scoundrel; I know that. You stole from me and betrayed me and lied to me. You have no morals and no ideals; you think of yourself first and you're a coward sometimes on that account.' She hesitated, chewing her lip. 'What people call a coward, anyway. I don't know what cowardice is anymore. I don't know what heroism is.' She looked up. 'But I know one thing, and I learned it from you. I know what courage means. It means to pick up and go on, no matter what. It means having a heart of iron, like they say. You have that. ~ Laura Kinsale
Scoundrel quotes by Laura Kinsale
I've been thinking." She pretended to mull the question over. "What if I decided to go flying around the galaxy with some scoundrel?" Han raised his eyebrows and pointed toward his own chest. Leia laughed. "Unless you had another scoundrel in mind." "Hey, hey. I'm the only scoundrel up for the job." He shook his head in - surprise? Disbelief? Leia wasn't sure. What mattered most was the warmth in his smile. Even if Han wasn't convinced she intended to do this, he liked the idea. Down ~ Claudia Gray
Scoundrel quotes by Claudia Gray
But I'm not the only one to question your methods, am I? I gather that Miss Butterfield took issue with them as well."
He snorted. "That's putting it mildly."
His saucebox of a sister broke into a grin. "Ooh, what did she do while you were in that room alone? Do tell!"
"Not a chance. I don't need her teaching you any new tricks."
"You're no fun at all," she complained. "Well, I'm sure you deserved whatever she did. And that's my point: I rather like her. So it doesn't seem fair for her to be put in a situation where she could be-"
"Ruined by a scoundrel like me," he finished for her.
"Compromised," she corrected. ~ Sabrina Jeffries
Scoundrel quotes by Sabrina Jeffries
St. Vincent was a handsome man with wheat-colored hair and pale blue eyes. Some claimed he had the most perfect form and features of any man alive. The looks of a saint, the soul of a scoundrel. ~ Lisa Kleypas
Scoundrel quotes by Lisa Kleypas
If a dog on a leash does not run off, no one will regard him as a loyal companion on the basis of this fact alone. No reasonable individual will speak of love if a man sleeps with a defenseless woman who is virtually chained hand and feet. No one, unless he is a real scoundrel, will be proud of a woman's love gained by financial support or by power. No decent person will accept love that is not given voluntarily. The compulsory morality of marital obligations and familial authority is a morality of cowards and impotent people who are afraid of life, people who are incapable of experiencing, through the power of natural love, what they try to produce for themselves with the help of marital laws and the police. ~ Wilhelm Reich
Scoundrel quotes by Wilhelm Reich
With a woman, always make good use of a secret. She will be proportionally grateful to you, like a scoundrel who grants his respect to an honest man he has been unable to swindle. ~ Honore De Balzac
Scoundrel quotes by Honore De Balzac
If I did what has already been done, I would be a plagiarist and would consider myself unworthy; so I do something different and people call me a scoundrel. I'd rather be a scoundrel than a plagiarist! ~ Paul Gauguin
Scoundrel quotes by Paul Gauguin
I couldn't help my blush. Especially as Rhys added, Tonight, I want you to wear that crown to bed. Only the crown. Scoundrel. Always. I ~ Sarah J. Maas
Scoundrel quotes by Sarah J. Maas
The older lady harrumphed. "I warned you, daughter. This scoundrel Hades is no good. You could've married the god of doctors or the god of lawyers, but noooo. You had to eat the pomegranate." "Mother - " "And get stuck in the Underworld!" "Mother, please - " "And here it is August, and do you come home like you're supposed to? Do you ever think about your poor lonely mother?" "DEMETER!" Hades shouted. ~ Rick Riordan
Scoundrel quotes by Rick Riordan
...Dickey Perrott, you Jago whelp, look at them - look hard. Some day if you are clever - cleverer than anyone in the Jago right now - if you're only scoundrel enough, and brazen enough, and lucky enough - one of a thousand - maybe you'll be like them: bursting with high living, drunk when you like, red and pimply. There it is - that's your aim in life - there's your pattern. Learn to read and write, learn all you can, learn cunning, spare nobody and stop at nothing, and perhaps - It's the best the world has for you, for the Jago's got you, and that's the only way out, except gaol and the gallows. So do your devil most, or God help you, Dicky Perrot - though he wont: for the Jago's got you! ~ Arthur Morrison
Scoundrel quotes by Arthur Morrison
Quite often Wrong Planet people have a chequered past with periods of, how shall we say, fluctuating fortunes. Feast or famine, that's always been our lifestyle, with maybe spells of what some people would term 'reprehensible conduct.' A number of Carefree Scamps have served time in prison. And if you're reading this now and thinking, "Well, I must admit I've been a bit of a scoundrel at times, but I like to think my heart's in the right place now," then that's further evidence that you 'get' it. ~ Karl Wiggins
Scoundrel quotes by Karl Wiggins
Dandy?" Sam was full-on scowling now. "What the hell does that scoundrel want?"
Finley returned his dark expression with one of her own. "You shouldn't use words you can't spell, mutton head. ~ Kady Cross
Scoundrel quotes by Kady Cross
If you tell me I am a scoundrel I may mend my ways, but if you tell me I am a eunuch you are tempting me to hit back in any way that seems feasible. If you want to make an enemy of a man, tell him that his ills are incurable. ~ George Orwell
Scoundrel quotes by George Orwell
No scoundrel is so stupid as to not find a reason for his vile conduct. ~ Shakti Gawain
Scoundrel quotes by Shakti Gawain
40 million Russians are convinced that I am a scoundrel, a thief, a criminal or a CIA agent, who deserves to be shot, hanged or drawn and quartered. ~ Anatoly Chubais
Scoundrel quotes by Anatoly Chubais
law tends more and more to be grounded upon the maxim that every citizen is, by nature, a traitor, a libertine, and a scoundrel. In order to dissuade him from his evil-doing the police power is extended until it surpasses anything ever heard of in the oriental monarchies of antiquity. - H. L. MENCKEN, NOTES ON DEMOCRACY ~ Radley Balko
Scoundrel quotes by Radley Balko
I have formed a very clear conception of patriotism. I have generally found it thrust into the foreground by some fellow who has something to hide in the background. I have seen a great deal of patriotism; and I have generally found it the last refuge of the scoundrel. ~ G.K. Chesterton
Scoundrel quotes by G.K. Chesterton
Whitney: You black-hearted, treacherous, conniving scoundrel.
Clayton: Your flattery warms my heart ~ Judith McNaught
Scoundrel quotes by Judith McNaught
Scoundrel? We do not call Senhor Valcour that. He is faithful to the Emperor, who employs him. Shall we, who are unfaithful, blame him for his fidelity? ~ L. Frank Baum
Scoundrel quotes by L. Frank Baum
Sir, he [Bolingbroke] was a scoundrel and a coward: a scoundrel for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality; a coward, because he had not resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotsman to draw the trigger at his death. ~ Samuel Johnson
Scoundrel quotes by Samuel Johnson
Any man over forty is a scoundrel. ~ George Bernard Shaw
Scoundrel quotes by George Bernard Shaw
Patriotism: The first resort of a scoundrel. ~ Ambrose Bierce
Scoundrel quotes by Ambrose Bierce
I'm not interested. I never liked him. He's some sort scoundrel. ~ Iris Murdoch
Scoundrel quotes by Iris Murdoch
Compare, for example, seventeenth century writers with those of the eighteenth. What a difference in tone and gait! The former, under a veneer of servility, have the most noble and proud stance… They do not pretend to reign. They merely stand at their place, recognize the place of a superior power beyond, give themselves completely to their writing task, dismiss the temptation of advertising and demonstrate their professional dedication. On the other hand, look at the Voltaire, Diderot and the like: they open well the era of intellectuals, writing stooges as they are, courtiers of princes they flatter and despise at the same time - something they are forced to do as they want to usurp their power… Their courtier nature reveals in everything they do… The whole eighteenth century, both spiritual and plain on a scoundrel background, is libertine, and already pornographic: such is the start of literary mercantilism; people of letters make money out of their writings, pretend to financial independence, and they write garbage to flatter the opinion of their public. ~ Edouard Berth
Scoundrel quotes by Edouard Berth
He stood in the doorway of her office. He was, as always, the consummate scoundrel. He leaned against the doorframe, smiling - almost smirking - at her, as if he knew how rapidly her heart had started beating.

If that was how they were going to do this…

She simply raised an eyebrow in his direction. "Oh," she said with a sniff. "It's you."

"You're not fooling anyone," he said.

She could feel the corner of her mouth twitch up. Last time she'd seen him, he'd kissed her so thoroughly she had not yet recovered.

"I'm not?"

"I heard it most distinctly," he told her. "You might have said 'It's you,' but there was a distinct exclamation mark at the end. In fact, I think there were two."

"Oh, dear." Free looked down, fluttering her eyelashes demurely. "Is my punctuation showing once more?"

His eyes darkened and he took a step into her office. "Don't hide it on my account," he growled. "You have the most damnably beautiful punctuation that I have ever seen. ~ Courtney Milan
Scoundrel quotes by Courtney Milan
Well, Page, I do wish the Devil had old Cooke, for I am sure I never was so tired of an old dull scoundrel in my life ... But the old-fellows say we must read to gain knowledge; and gain knowledge to make us happy and be admired. Mere jargon! Is there any such thing as happiness in this world? No ... ~ Thomas Jefferson
Scoundrel quotes by Thomas Jefferson
You weasel, good-for-nothing, scumbag, swine,
sleazebag, scumbucket, scoundrel, son-of-a-bitch!"
In the midst of everything, we all looked at Rosina,
who smiled sheepishly.
"Sorry. I was reading the Dictionary the other day."
I stared at her with incomprehension. ~ Kelly Batten
Scoundrel quotes by Kelly Batten
There's no god. He who created god was a fool; he who spreads his name is a scoundrel and he who worships him is a barbarian. ~ Periyar E.V. Ramasamy
Scoundrel quotes by Periyar E.V. Ramasamy
The greater the stupidity, the greater the clarity. Stupidity is brief and guileless, while wit equivocates and hides. Wit is a scoundrel, while stupidity is honest and sincere. ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
Scoundrel quotes by Fyodor Dostoevsky
I always knew in my heart Walt Whitman's mind to be more like my own than any other man's living. As he is a very great scoundrel this is not a pleasant confession. ~ Gerard Manley Hopkins
Scoundrel quotes by Gerard Manley Hopkins
If you keep on drinking rum, the world will soon be quit of a very dirty scoundrel! ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
Scoundrel quotes by Robert Louis Stevenson
With a deliberately melodramatic sigh, Breha put one hand to the front of her scarlet silk wrapper. "I suppose a tiny bit of me hoped that my daughter's first romance wouldn't be so…suitable. Sometimes it does a girl good to fall for a bit of a scoundrel, now and then. ~ Claudia Gray
Scoundrel quotes by Claudia Gray
I'd like to see you carry on with a corset digging its bones into your rib cage," I said, returning the favor and eyeing his clothing. "And manage a skirt still covering most of your breeches and whipping around your thighs in this wind."

"If you'd like to see me out of my breeches, simply ask, Wadsworth. I'm more than happy to accommodate you on that front."

"Scoundrel. ~ Kerri Maniscalco
Scoundrel quotes by Kerri Maniscalco
There are many occasions when the highest praise one can receive is the attack of some given scoundrel. ~ Theodore Roosevelt
Scoundrel quotes by Theodore Roosevelt
No one wanted to serve anymore. Not when, under our new government, any man, whether a gentleman or a scoundrel, could say whatever he pleased and print whatever libels he wished without consequence. And the ignorant populists, spewing tobacco juice as they ranted, took full advantage. As if the notion that all men were created equal somehow meant that one need not aspire to knowledge and ability - all distinctions of class, breeding, or merit discarded, all notions of civility deserted. ~ Stephanie Dray
Scoundrel quotes by Stephanie Dray
At the end of that class Demian said to me thoughtfully: "There's something I don't like about this story, Sinclair. Why don't you read it once more and give it the acid test? There's something about it that doesn't taste right. I mean the business with the two thieves. The three crosses standing next to each other on the hill are almost impressive, to be sure. But now comes this sentimental little treatise about the good thief. At first he was a thorough scoundrel, had committed all those awful things and God knows what else, and now he dissolves in tears and celebrates such a tearful feast of self-improvement and remorse! What's the sense of repenting if you're two steps from the grave? I ask you. Once again, it's nothing but a priest's fairy tale, saccharine and dishonest, touched up with sentimentality and given a high edifying background. If you had to pick a friend from between the two thieves or decide which one you'd rather trust, you most certainly wouldn't choose the sniveling convert. No, the other fellow, he's a man of character. He doesn't give a hoot for 'conversion', which to a man in his position can't be anything but a pretty speech. He follows his destiny to it's appointed end and does not turn coward and forswear the devil, who has aided and abetted him until then. He has character, and people with character tend to receive the short end of the stick in biblical stories. Perhaps he's even a descendant of Cain. Don't you agree?"

I was dismayed. Un ~ Hermann Hesse
Scoundrel quotes by Hermann Hesse
The fake and scoundrel-minded people never comes out from the curtain since they cannot face the truth and reality. ~ Ehsan Sehgal
Scoundrel quotes by Ehsan Sehgal
Miss Kinsley regarded him with the look of disgust girls reserved for snails and frogs. "Any man who would suggest to a young woman that she should elope rather than listen to her papa's advice can only be up to no good."
"Elope?" Oliver queried, his eyes narrowing on Miss Kinsley. "This scoundrel proposed marriage to you?"
"Now, Miss Kinsley," Nathan began in his best placating voice, "we both know it wasn't like-"
"Quiet!" Oliver snapped at him. "Or I swear not even Maria will keep me from throttling you."
Nathan swallowed. Hard. ~ Sabrina Jeffries
Scoundrel quotes by Sabrina Jeffries
Patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings. ~ Bob Dylan
Scoundrel quotes by Bob Dylan
I want peace; yes, I'd sell the whole world for a farthing, straight off, so long as I was left in peace. Is the world to go to pot, or am I to go without my tea? I say that the world may go to pot for me so long as I always get my tea. Did you know that, or not? Well, anyway, I know that I am a blackguard, a scoundrel, an egoist, a sluggard. ~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Scoundrel quotes by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
You, sir, are a scoundrel. As if he'd heard her thought, he glanced her way. Their gazes held, a pair of miscreants recognizing each other in a roomful of upstanding people. ~ Sherry Thomas
Scoundrel quotes by Sherry Thomas
General good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocite, flatterer. ~ William Blake
Scoundrel quotes by William Blake
Dave Rudabaugh is an ignorant scoundrel! I disapprove of his very existence. I considered ending it myself on several occasions but self-control got the better of me. ~ Doc Holliday
Scoundrel quotes by Doc Holliday
The princess, the scoundrel, the farm boy. The senator, the smuggler, the dreamer. The Rebel leader, the captain, the pilot. More than what they believed of themselves. More than what others saw of them. And together, a new hope for the future. ~ Alexandra Bracken
Scoundrel quotes by Alexandra Bracken
An economist is a scoundrel who tells you the way things are rather than the way you want them to be. ~ William Nordhaus
Scoundrel quotes by William Nordhaus
A technical objection is the first refuge of a scoundrel. ~ Heywood Broun
Scoundrel quotes by Heywood Broun
For years I'd been awaiting that overriding urge I'd always heard about, the narcotic pining that draws childless women ineluctably to strangers' strollers in parks. I wanted to be drowned by the hormonal imperative, to wake one day and throw my arms around your neck, reach down for you, and pray that while that black flower bloomed behind my eyes you had just left me with child. (With child: There's a lovely warm sound to that expression, an archaic but tender acknowledgement that for nine months you have company wherever you go. Pregnant, by contrast, is heavy and bulging and always sounds to my ear like bad news: "I'm pregnant." I instinctively picture a sixteen-year-old at the dinner table- pale, unwell, with a scoundrel of a boyfriend- forcing herself to blurt out her mother's deepest fear.) (27) ~ Lionel Shriver
Scoundrel quotes by Lionel Shriver
Plunge, scoundrel, rogue, monster - for such I take thee to be - plunge, I say, into the mare magnum of their histories; and if thou shalt find that any squire ever said or thought what thou hast said now, I will let thee nail it on my forehead, and give me, over and above, four sound slaps in the face. ~ Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
Scoundrel quotes by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
A scoundrel is an evil heliotrope turning always in the direction of the most powerful. ~ Umberto Eco
Scoundrel quotes by Umberto Eco
The truth, indeed, is something that mankind, for some mysterious reason, instinctively dislikes. Every man who tries to tell it is unpopular, and even when, by the sheer strength of his case, he prevails, he is put down as a scoundrel. ~ H.L. Mencken
Scoundrel quotes by H.L. Mencken
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