Malice

Famous quotes containing the word malice:

“The power that I have on you is to spare you;
The malice towards you, to forgive you. Live,
And deal with others better.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Comedy deflates the sense precisely so that the underlying lubricity and malice may bubble to the surface.”
—Paul Goodman (1911–1972)

“There’s no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature—
The malice of a good thing is the barb that makes it stick.”
—Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816)