Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.
John Stuart Mill
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In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in doing good to their fellow men.
CICERO PRO LIGARIO For evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing.
SIMON WIESENTHAL Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than...
BARUCH SPINOZA Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than...
BARUCH (_BENEDICT DE) SPINOZA Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than...
BARUCH SPINOZA Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.
SUSAN B. ANTHONY Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.
SUSAN B. ANTHONY The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
EDMUND BURKE The true republic: men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.
FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they find laughable.
ANON. Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they
think laughable.
JOHANN WOLFGANG GOETHE Men show their characters in nothing more clearly than in what they think laughable.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they find laughable.
ANONYMOUS I call myself a liberal - a classical liberal as in John Stuart Mill.
AYAAN HIRSI ALI There is nothing training cannot do. Nothing is above its reach. It can turn bad morals to good; it ...
MARK TWAIN There is nothing training cannot do. Nothing is above its reach. It can turn bad morals to good; it ...
MARK TWAIN Evil prospers when good men do nothing.
JOHN PHILPOT CURRAN Nothing is more common than unsuccessful talented men
SUNDAY ADELAJA There is nothing that makes more cowards and feeble men than public opinion
HENRY WARD BEECHER There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little, and therefore men should remedy...
FRANCIS BACON All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing.
EDMUND BURKE When bad men conspire, good men should associate.
EDMUND BURKE Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.
SOPHOCLES Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.
QUINTILIAN Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.
FRANCIS BACON It is not history which uses men as a means of achieving - as if it were an individual person - its ...
KARL MARX In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving
health to men.
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CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
EDMUND BURKE Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
ALBERT SCHWEITZER All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
EDMUND BURKE There is nothing to which men cling more tenaciously than the privileges of class.
LEONARD SIDNEY WOOLF There is nothing to which men cling more tenaciously than the privileges of class
LEONARD SIDNEY WOOLF It's wrong to treat Muslims as if they will never find their John Stuart Mill. Christianity and ...
AYAAN HIRSI ALI It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us. Women fancy admiration means more than...
JANE AUSTEN Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world. With this sole view do men engage i...
SAMUEL JOHNSON Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them
JOHN RUSKIN There's nothing women can't do. There's absolutely nothing we can't do. We're fa...
BETTY WILLIAMS Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.
BEN JONSON Nothing good ever ends.
WILLIAM SAROYAN Probably all laws are useless; for good men do not need laws at all, and bad men are made no better ...
DEMONAX THE CYNIC Nothing can be more hurtful to an honourable man than that he should be accused of bad faith
MAHATMA GANDHI Men need marriage more than women do. In fact, they need it to survive.
HANNA ROSIN There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do.
MARQUIS DE VAUVENARGUES There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do.
LUC DE CLAPIERS And just look at these men: their eye saith it - they know nothing better on earth than to be with a...
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Nothing surprises me, particularly men and their propensity to be fools.
PETE HAMILL The King once said to me, 'Harold, you stand above all other men.' I said, 'No, Sire. I want nothing...
ELIZABETH ALDER The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those
who try to do nothing and ...
LLOYD JONES The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and ...
LLOYD JONES I remember a mass of things, but nothing distinctly; a quarrel,
but nothing wherefore. O God, that...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
THOMAS CARLYLE Good men and bad men differ radically. Bad men never appreciate kindness shown them, but wise men ap...
BUDDHA Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty.
SAMUEL BUTLER The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
EDMUND BURKE The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men
to do nothing.
ROBERT BROWNING The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men
to do nothing.
EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON BULWER-LYTTON, FIRST BARON LYTTON The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing
EDMUND BURKE The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try nothing and succee...
LLOYD JONES Misguided good men are more dangerous than honest bad men. It is because they are seen as good that,...
CRISS JAMI Our people ask for nothing more than the recognition of citizenship, nothing more than the right to ...
GUILLAUME SORO Good and bad men are less than they seem.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE In nothing do men approach so nearly to the Gods, as in giving health to men.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
UNKNOWN Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.
ROBERT BENCHLEY Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.
FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.
FRANKLIN ADAMS Nothing limits intelligence more than ignorance; nothing fosters ignorance more than one's own opini...
SHERI S. TEPPER I love women's fashion, but women don't need me as much as men do. It's the men who have...
ROBERTO CAVALLI Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Truly has it been said; that all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do not...
SOURCE UNKNOWN Nothing brings men closer than a common misfortune happily overcome.
IVO ANDRIć Most men had rather say a smart thing than do a good one. John P. Kotter, Leading Change -Josh Bill...
JOSH BILLINGS Nothing was a more powerful compass of my mood or a better indication of my self-worth than the numb...
BETSY LERNER The work of a few good men takes time to sink in and soak in than the work of the several bad men th...
APURVA GAGLANI Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON A man gains no possession better than a good woman, nothing more horrible than a bad one.
SIMONIDES O, what men dare do! what men may do! what men daily do, not knowing what they do! -Much Ado about ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Lots of men think that women should tell the truth, explain their feelings. These men should use the...
PAUL TOBIN Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do. But beautiful women don't need to know about...
KATHARINE HEPBURN Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few ...
JOSEPH ADDISON Surely, nothing can be more dangerous than the doctrine that the moral obligations of men change wit...
WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON It will not take a modern Victorian specialist long to admit that liberal cultural heroes like John ...
EDWARD SAID ...there's nothing more depressing than bad capitalism.
SARAH VOWELL Good Men stand against corruption and war.
Government promises, nothing changes, only more. Who...
BRENT M. JONES It is a general Mistake to to think the Men we like are good for every thing, and those we do not, g...
GEORGE SAVILE For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier than a bad one.
HESIOD Committee--a group of men who individually can do nothing but as a group decide that nothing can be ...
FRED ALLEN Committee - a group of men who individually can do nothing but as a group decide that nothing can be...
FRED ALLEN I've intimidated men my entire life and it has nothing to do with fame.
ANNE HATHAWAY The real thing that keeps men and women apart, is fear. Women blame men and men blame women, but the...
C. JOYBELL C. I wonder why it is, that young men are always cautioned against bad girls. Anyone can handle a bad g...
DAVID NIVEN Nothing seems at first sight less important than the outward form of human actions, yet there is not...
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE All that's necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing...
EDMUND BURKE Seems nothing draws men together like killing other men
SUSAN GLASPELL Are you good men and true? -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 3.
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TOM DASCHLE You should not honor men more than truth.
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JOHN STUART MILL Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people...
JOHN STUART MILL All action is for the sake of some end; and rules of action, it seems natural to suppose, must take ...
JOHN STUART MILL We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavouring to stifle is a false opinion; and even if ...
JOHN STUART MILL If it were felt that the free development of individuality is one of the leading essentials of well-...
JOHN STUART MILL Unquestionably, it is possible to do without happiness; it is done involuntarily by nineteen-twentie...
JOHN STUART MILL Those only are happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happ...
JOHN STUART MILL In a world in which there is so much to interest, so much to enjoy, and so much also to correct and ...
JOHN STUART MILL Whenever the nature of the subject permits the reasoning process to be without danger carried on mec...
JOHN STUART MILL Gdyby trzeba było podzielić firmę, to oddałbym majątek, halę produkcyjną i wyposażenie, a s...
JOHN STUART One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have
only interest.
JOHN STEWART MILL Wine is the drink of the gods, milk the drink of babes, tea the drink of women, and water the drink ...
JOHN STUART BLACKIE Converse with men makes sharp the glittering wit, but God to man doth speak in solitude.
JOHN STUART BLACKIE Converse with men makes sharp the glittering wit,
But God to man doth speak in solitude.
JOHN STUART BLACKIE Rocking on a lazy billow
With roaming eyes,
Cushioned on a dreamy pillow,
Thou art now w...
JOHN STUART BLACKIE