“Assume the worst about people and you get the worst.”
Thing 5
23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism (2010)
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““Be yourself” is about the worst advice you can give some people.”
Thomas L. Masson, The Book of Today, (1923), as cited in: Clifton Fadiman (1955) The American treasury, 1455-1955. p. 791.
“People who think dying is the worst thing don't know a thing about life.”
Variant: Someone who thinks death is the scariest thing doesn't know a thing about life.
Source: The Secret Life of Bees (2002)
Original: (it) Le persone vere spaventano. Poi, se sono anche intelligenti, sono il peggior incubo di chi usa un copione per andare in giro.
Source: prevale.net
“To be disesteemed by people you don’t have much respect for is not the worst fate.”
New York Times (27 August 1984)
“The worst of all states is the people's state.”
Le pire des États, c'est l'État populaire.
Cinna, act II, scene i.
Cinna (1641)
“Sinatra brings out the best and worst in people.”
"Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" (Esquire, April 1966)
“… because when people have seen you at their worst, you don't have to put on the mask as much.”
Source: Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
Green Party presidential candidacy speech (2000)
“Indifferentism is the worst kind of disease that can affect people.”
Political Science for Civil Services Main Examination (2010)