#bad man

Manners are of such great consequence to the novelist that any kind will do. Bad manners are better than no manners at all, and because we are losing our customary manners, we are probably overly conscious of them; this seems to be a condition that produces writers. ↗

— Flannery O'Connor

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A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains. ↗

— Maxim Gorky

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It strikes me as bad manners for a magazine to accept one of my advertisements and then attack it editorially - like inviting a man to dinner then spitting in his eye. ↗

— David Ogilvy

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The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man is the love of injustice. ↗

— John Rawls

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Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day. ↗

— Sophocles

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In this administration, a place can be found for every bad man. ↗

— John Philpot Curran

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To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most picturesque and significant of all. ↗

— Walt Whitman

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Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous deeds. ↗

— Hesiod

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Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners. ↗

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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You can get through life with bad manners, but it's easier with good manners. ↗

— Lillian Gish

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