George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (1633–1695) English politician
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Political Thoughts and Reflections
“Malice is always lucky.”
— Stefan Zweig, book The Post Office Girl
The Post Office Girl (published posthumously in 1982)
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David Hume book A Treatise of Human Nature
Part 1, Section 4
A Treatise of Human Nature (1739-40), Book 2: Of the passions
“The malice of the wicked was reinforced by the weakness of the virtuous.”
Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
“Malice delights to blacken the characters of prominent men.”
Napoleon I of France (1769–1821) French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French
Memoirs of Napoleon (1829-1831)
“Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”
Napoleon I of France (1769–1821) French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French
Often known as Hanlon's razor, this was attributed to Napoleon without source in Message Passing Server Internals (2003) by Bill Blunden, p. 15, ISBN 0071416382
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“As for the brandy, "nothing extenuate;" and the water, put nought in it malice.”
Douglas William Jerrold (1803–1857) English dramatist and writer
Shakespeare Grog, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Malice is of a low Stature, but it hath very long Arms.”
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (1633–1695) English politician
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Political Thoughts and Reflections
“This is the stuff we're made of, half indifference and half malice.”
José Saramago book Blindness
Source: Blindness (1995), p. 32