Scoundrel

Berthiers intrigue for him: -- old Foulon, who has now nothing to do but intrigue; who is known and even seen to be what they call a scoundrel; but of unmeasured wealth; who, from Commissariat-clerk which he once was, may hope, some think, if the game go right, to be Minister himself one day. ❋ Thomas Carlyle (1838)

Thomas Jefferson said the first act of a scoundrel is to wrap himself in the flag. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Certainly this scoundrel is not the first to think M. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Whether I'm zealot or scoundrel is beside the point. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The last refuge of a scoundrel is to change discussion to absolutes that have never stated by anyone to make a point. ❋ Unknown (2002)

I haven't a thought that didn't come from my father; not a passion that didn't come from my mother; and now this last -- this about all human creatures being equal -- I got that from him, my fiancé -- whom I call a scoundrel for that reason! ❋ August Strindberg (1880)

But M. Fortunat, in whose heart the word scoundrel was still rankling, stopped him. ❋ ��mile Gaboriau (1852)

"If you apply the word scoundrel to Captain O'Brien, sir, in his name I contradict it." ❋ Frederick Marryat (1820)

Using the Smuggler as an example, you could choose to configure the cowboy opportunist as a "scoundrel" - a short-range stealth rogue, skilled in medicine - or a ❋ Unknown (2009)

If this scoundrel was a Republican the article would have written in BOLD letters GOP Senator from Montana. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Dembski's character is not a matter of discussion on this thread; even if he is a vile scoundrel, that is perfectly irrelevant. ❋ Unknown (2007)

"If you apply the word scoundrel _to_ Captain O'Brien, sir, in his name ❋ Frederick Marryat (1820)

Cardenio, then, being, as I said, now mad, when he heard himself given the lie, and called a scoundrel and other insulting names, not relishing the jest, snatched up a stone that he found near him, and with it delivered such a blow on Don Quixote's breast that he laid him on his back. ❋ Unknown (2002)

'I suppose a scoundrel is a scoundrel all through, and that if you'll sell your soul for so little, you could hardly object to driving a bargain for a larger sum.' ❋ David Christie Murray (N/A)

Those were happy days for the drama, when a scoundrel was a scoundrel and wore a silk hat to prove it, and a hero was a two-fisted man, as anybody could tell by a glance at his marcelled hair and his open-at-the-throat shirt. ❋ Ben Hecht (1929)

But would he assume a mask, enact a part far removed from his own form ideals and unattainable to the plasticity of his true nature, he fails miserably, is called a scoundrel and a knave and is indeed a wretch. ❋ Frederik Van Eeden (1896)

Manston he would unhesitatingly have called a scoundrel, but for one strikingly redeeming fact. ❋ Thomas Hardy (1884)

"The scoundrel is a coward," Terence said to himself. ❋ Unknown (1867)

"He is a scoundrel, that is enough!" said Uncle Prudent. ❋ Jules Verne (1866)

The scoundrel is a soldier, and he will accept it! ❋ Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (1859)

[The ship] was full of [scoundrels]. I wish they would catch those scoundrels who [robbed] me. ❋ David Jedziniak (2006)

"i'm scoundrel off the [dabby dooblings]," "[chill out], you're scoundrel." ❋ Vaporization_boy (2018)

[Princess Leia]: Occasionally, maybe... when you aren't acting like a [scoundrel]. [Han Solo]: [Scoundrel]? Scoundrel? I like the sound of that. Princess Leia: Stop that. Han Solo: Stop what? Princess Leia: Stop that. My hands are dirty. Han Solo: My hands are dirty, too. What are you afraid of? Princess Leia: Afraid? Han Solo: You're trembling. Princess Leia: I'm not trembling. Han Solo: You like me because I'm a scoundrel. There aren't enough scoundrels in your life. Princess Leia: I happen to like nice men. Han Solo: I'm nice men. Princess Leia: No, you're not. You're... *They Kiss* ❋ Car_Genius (2017)

[Scoundrels] was [a sweet] fucking [bar] man. ❋ Joe Willy Coleman (2006)

Scoundrels rep they city, [Columbus], GA. Pat 'em down at the door...[Scoundrel] Squad, [C town], Columbus, GA ❋ Skelo (2009)

[Kareem's] [dad] was [scoundrelous]! ❋ HodadsAutorama (2012)

"[What a] Scoundrel" ❋ Techno The Scoundrel (2019)

[The man] had an amazing [level] of scoundrel's luck. He could [get away with murder] if he wanted to. ❋ Bobhihih (2019)

[My wife] and [I are] going to [dinner] on scoundrels night this year. ❋ Sambiase (2023)

"[No one] can stop these Notorious Scoundrels!" -Soundsmith, [Local] [Internet Funny] Man ❋ TheWordKing (2021)