There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.
quote by Vladimir Lenin
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A rich man is either a scoundrel or the heir of a scoundrel.
A child who does not think about what happens around him and is content with living without wondering whether he lives honestly is like a man who lives from a scoundrel's work and is on the road to being a scoundrel.
quote by Jose Marti
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Scoundrel Days
Was that somebody screaming...
It wasnt me for sure
I lift my head up from uneasy
Pillows
Put my feet on the floor
Cut my wrist on a bad thought
And head for the door
Outside on the pavement
The dark makes no noise
I can feel the sweat on my lips
Leaking into my mouth
Im heading out for the steep hills
Theyre leaving me no choice
And see...as our lives are in the making
We believe through the lies and the hating
That love goes free
For want of an option
I run the wind round
I dream pictures of houses burning
Never knowing nothing else to do
With death comes the morning
Unannounced and new
Was it too much to ask for
To pull a little weight...
They forgive anything but greatness
These are scoundrel days
And Im close to calling out their names
As pride hits my face
See...as our lives are in the making
We believe through their lies and the hating
That love goes free through
Scoundrel days
I reach the edge of town
Ive got blood in my hair
Their hands touch my body
From everywhere
But I know that Ive made it
As I run into the air
And see...as our lives are in the making
We believe through the lies and the hating
That love goes free
Through scoundrel days
song performed by by A-Ha
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The person who is too humble becomes a scoundrel.
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
quote by Samuel Johnson
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No great scoundrel is ever uninteresting.
quote by Murray Kempton
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.
quote by Samuel Johnson
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A technical objection is the first refuge of a scoundrel.
quote by Heywood Broun
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A Christian is more of a scoundrel than a rascal of a non-believer.
A real scoundrel turned up and they took off their hats to him.
Every man over forty is a scoundrel.
George Bernard Shaw in Man and Superman, 1903
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Whenever A annoys or injures B on the pretense of saving or improving X, A is a scoundrel.
quote by H.L. Mencken
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What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch?
quote by W. Clement Stone
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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.
quote by Joseph de Maistre
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I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes.
quote by Douglas MacArthur
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If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.
quote by Jonathan Swift
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No scoundrel is so stupid as to not find a reason for his vile conduct.
quote by Shakti Gawain
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Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
Samuel Johnson in Letter to Lord Chesterfield (1775)
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I'm an advocate of the great Dr. Johnson, the English man of letters who said that patriotism was the last refuge of the scoundrel.
quote by George Galloway
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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.
quote by Gerard Manley Hopkins
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