Qualities

Famous quotes containing the word qualities:

“The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier: the manners and habits of a duke would cost a city clerk his situation.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

“Our good qualities expose us more to hatred and persecution than all the ill we do.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

“When the manipulations of childhood are a little larceny, they may grow and change with the child into qualities useful and admire in the grown-up world. When they are the futile struggle for love and concern and protection, they may become the warped and ruthless machinations of adults who seek in the advantages of power what they could never win as children.”
—Leontine Young (20th century)