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Meanness Quotes

About the meanest thing you can say about a man is that he means well.

Harry S. Truman (1995). “The Wit & Wisdom of Harry Truman: A Treasury of Quotations, Anecdotes, and Observations”, Gramercy

A nation cannot afford to do a mean thing.

Charles Sumner (2016). “The Complete Works of Charles Sumner”, p.5771, Library of Alexandria

There is no greater stupidity or meanness than to take uniformity for an ideal.

George Santayana (2015). “The Life of Reason: Human Understanding”, p.59, 谷月社

An infallible characteristic of meanness is cruelty.

Samuel Johnson (1819). “The Beauties of Samuel Johnson: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous”, p.186

I've met little meanness, wherever I went.

Reynolds Price (1991). “Foreseeable Future”, p.16, Simon and Schuster

All traditions are also full of meanness for the sake of meanness.

"George Saunders on Trump, Mystery, and Why He Rejects Social Media". Interview with Catherine Woodiwiss, sojo.net. August 30, 2016.