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«Public office is the last refuge of a scoundrel.»
Author: Boies Penrose (Senator) | Keywords: scoundrel
«No scoundrel is so stupid as to not find a reason for his vile conduct.»
Author: Shakti Gawain | Keywords: scoundrel, vile
«Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | About: Patriotism | Keywords: patriotism, scoundrel
«There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.»
«PATRIOTISM, n. Combustible rubbish read to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name. In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit that it is the first.»
«Whoever thinks of going; to bed before ten o'clock is a scoundrel»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | Keywords: scoundrel
«Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | Keywords: scoundrel

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