Quotes by Ruffian He who outrages benevolence is called a ruffian: he who outrages righteousness is called a villain. I have heard of the cutting off of the villain Chow, but I have not heard of the putting of a ruler to death. Mencius ruffian villain cutting He had risked his life and now it was walking away from him, hand-in-hand with a Ruffian prince. William Goldman ruffian walking-away hands