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Rogues Quotes - Page 2

The superstitious man is to the rogue what the slave is to the tyrant.

The superstitious man is to the rogue what the slave is to the tyrant.

Francois Voltaire (1977). “The Portable Voltaire”, p.137, Penguin

With so much at stake in this election, both Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan should 'go rogue.'

"Palin to Romney-Ryan: 'Go Rogue'" By Daniel Halper, www.weeklystandard.com. September 22, 2012.

There are two modes of establishing our reputation; to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues.

Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.115

What is the world coming to, when you can't even trust a rogue vicar and her demon lover?

Simon R. Green (2009). “Just Another Judgement Day”, p.112, Penguin

Little rogues easily become great ones.

Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.235, Barnes & Noble Publishing

I have known men who have been sold and bought a hundred times, who have only got very fat and very comfortable in the process of exchange.

Ouida (1870). “Puck: His Vicissitudes, Adventures, Observations, Conclusions, Friendships, and Philosophies”, p.97

For every inch that is not fool, is rogue.

John Dryden (1861). “Poetical Works”, p.280

Lawyers and rogues are vermin not easily rooted out of a rich soil.

Horace Walpole (1967). “The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence”

Every industry, there are rogues and bad actors. There could be rogues and bad actors in journalism. Rogues and bad actors in medicine. Rogues and bad actors in the legal community.

""Life Is Unfair": Talking Inequality With The Hedge Fund Industry's Biggest Cheerleader". Interview with Hamilton Nolan, gawker.com. October 5, 2015.

Away, you mouldy rogue, away!

William Shakespeare, Charles Symmons (1825). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Richard II. Henry IV, pt. 1-2. Henry V”, p.298

There is nothing but roguery to be found in villainous men.

William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson (1766). “THE PLAYS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.: CONTAINING, KING RICHARD II. THE FIRST PART OF KING HENRY IV. THE SECOND PART OF KING HENRY IV.. VOLUME the FIFTH”, p.143

A rogue is a roundabout fool.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Henry Nelson Coleridge (1851). “Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge”, p.11