@bladestorm91
WHat kind of manga have you been reading?
Because I can decimate your statement by just naming one series. Hagure Yuusha no Estetica.
And just for your information, this is NOT the only example I can give, I can Keep throwing these at you one after another.
I chose this one because it's the antithesis to the "Lust and malice seem to be rare amongst the strong" quote,
And by the way, the statement is NOT wrong, Lust and Malice are indeed rare among the really strong. You see, the thing here is that he is not using the word Strong in it's literal sense.
Because MCs strength can't be quantified yet, he's using the word strong in a more phylosophical sense. That strengh doesn't come just from being physically strong.
And the "strong" are the ones who don't fall for temptations,which is why Lust and Malice is rare among them.
Now the historical kind of strong you guys have been using as an exemple, they were merely "physically" strong(as in strong in the physical realm), they only had a lot of strength or charisma, these are heroes or villains of the past such as Lu bu, unparalleled in combat but weak in wisdom which led him to be corrupted by the teachings of his cancer of an adoptive father. Or any famous conqueror of the past whatsoever, your Gengis Khans, Alexanders, and so on.
It should be obvious by now that the Japanese favors figure of speech over actual words in their literal sense, because many manga shows exactly this. People laugh at many Fate quotes, but not a single of them is actually wrong or comedic in nature. One example is, "People die when they are Killed", which is only funny when taken out of context, and read in it's literal sense.
But in fact, this quote was said when Shirou was questioned whether to keep Avalon within himself, therefore he answered:
"People die when they are Killed." Meaning "I don't want to be something more than a person, I want to die when killed, I want to die as a human."
As Avalon would keep regenerating his body no matter the trauma he suffered.