1.
Forgiveness requires a sense that bad behaviour is a sign of suffering rather than malice.
Alain de Botton
2.
You have attributed conditions to villainy that simply result from stupidity.
Robert A. Heinlein
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The malice of the wicked was reinforced by the weakness of the virtuous.
Winston Churchill
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There is no rampart that will hold out against malice.
Moliere
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A noble heart cannot suspect in others the pettiness and malice that it has never felt.
Jean Racine
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I do not condone hostility toward any church simply to vent personal malice or umbrage.
Roger Williams
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Malice drinketh up the greater part of its own poison.
Socrates
13.
Malice can always find a mark to shoot at, and a pretence to fire.
Charles Simmons
15.
One can overlook stupidity, until it evolves into malice.
Lizabeth Scott
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Brethren, do not become children in sense: but in malice be children, and in sense be perfect.
Paul the Apostle
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The mischief of children is seldom actuated by malice; that of grown-up people always is.
Antoine Rivarol
22.
The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.
Truman Capote
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You ask me if I have a God complex? Let me tell you something — I am God.
Alec Baldwin
25.
Well, all I can say is that people know I'm not saying anything out of malice.
Charles Barkley
27.
ILLUSTRIOUS, adj. Suitably placed for the shafts of malice, envy and detraction.
Ambrose Bierce
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Every day in the year there comes some malice into the world, and where it comes from is no good place.
Lady Gregory
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I'd do anything to get a performance, short of malice.
Sean Penn
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Malicious men may die, but malice never.
Moliere
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Folly is often more cruel in the consequences than malice can be in the intent.
Aldous Huxley
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Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
Martial
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You must beware of seeing malice behind accidental injury.
Philip K. Dick
37.
It seems that simply being willing to express our views clearly, persuasively and without malice, can be a powerful invitation to others who may be lurking out there, in agreement with us but unsure whether their position is speakable or practical.
Mary C. Gentile
38.
If you don't have malice in our heart, it doesn't come across harsh.
Will Rogers
39.
Gossip is always a personal confession either of malice or imbecility.
J. G. Holland
41.
Malice will always find bad motives for good actions. - Shall we therefore never do good?
Thomas Jefferson
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That practis'd falsehood under saintly shew, Deep malice to conceal, couch'd with revenge.
John Milton
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Most men would rather be charged with malice than with making a blunder.
Josh Billings
45.
Malice sucks up the greatest part of its own venom, and poisons itself.
Michel de Montaigne
46.
The frightful engines of ecclesiastical councils, of diabolical malice, and Calvinistical good-nature never failed to terrify me exceedingly whenever I thought of preaching.
John Adams
47.
Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
Tacitus
48.
So furiously each other did assayle, As if their soules they would attonce haue rent Out of their brests, that streames of bloud did rayle Adowne, as if their springes of life were spent; That all the ground with purple bloud was sprent, And all their armours staynd with bloudie gore, Yet scarcely once to breath would they relent, So mortall was their malice and so sore, Become of fayned friendship which they vow'd afore.
Edmund Spenser
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The pow'r that I have on you is to spare you; The malice towards you to forgive you.
William Shakespeare
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There must be more malice than love in the hearts of all wits.
Benjamin Haydon