Quotes about evil
evil long too-late
Face troubles from their birth, for 'tis too late to cure When long delay has given the evil strength. Haste then; postpone not to the coming hour: tomorrow He'll be less ready who's not ready now. Ovid
evil form thousand
There are a thousand forms of evil; there will be a thousand remedies.
evil political politics
Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil. Mary Wollstonecraft
evil may draws
We may draw good out of evil; we must not do evil, that good may come.
evil notches cases
Before I put another notch in my lipstick case, you better make sure you put me in my place. Pat Benatar
evil challenges different
'Resident Evil' was different. I like to challenge myself and do different things sometimes. So when it came to me, I was, like, 'Come on with it, I'll do it. Mike Epps
evil done wickedness
More harm is done by fools through foolishness than is done by evil-doers through wickedness.
evil progress goes-on
The greatest evils of society are goods that have refused to go on, but have sat down on the highway, saying to the world, "We stop here; do you stop also. Julia Ward Howe
evil temptation matter
From the cradle to the grave, temptations all around. But no matter how good the fix, its gonna take you down. Keith Urban
evil christianity harmony
Our proportionate admission of the claims of good or of evil determines the harmony of our existence, - our health, our longevity, and our Christianity. Mary Baker Eddy
evil may cups
Take the good with the evil, for ye all are pensioners of God, and none may choose or refuse the cup His wisdom mixeth. Martin Farquhar Tupper
evil half littles
Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one half of the flock should be the persecutor of the other? Is it for you, mankind, to pronounce on what is good and what is evil? Marquis de Sade
evil feelings needs
I consider calmly the question of how much evil I should need to kill off my finer feelings… Mary MacLane
evil want masters
If you want to be your own master ... always be surprised by evil; never anticipate it. Mary McCarthy
evil fascinated
Who isn't fascinated by evil? Marvin Gaye
evil overcoming
To overcome evil with good is good, to resist evil with evil is evil. Nazr Mohammed
evil lines able
When we are unwilling to draw clear moral lines between free societies and fear societies, when we are unwilling to call the former good and the latter evil, we will not be able to advance the cause of peace because peace cannot be disconnected from freedom. Natan Sharansky
evil priorities matter
The existence of poverty in the US should not be accepted as a necessary evil or insoluble problem, but should be considered a crisis requiring emergency measures. It is a matter of will and priorities, not a matter of resources. Martin Luther King, Jr.
evil defeat force
[Nonviolence] is directed against forces of evil rather than against persons who happen to be doing the evil. It is evil that the nonviolent resister seeks to defeat, not the persons victimized by evil.
evil accomplices
To ignore evil is to become an accomplice to it.
evil morality human-nature
Human nature is so constituted that the propensity for evil is always intensified by external circumstances, and the morality of the individual depends much more on the conditions of his existence and the environment in which he lives than on his own will. Mikhail Bakunin
evil important unions
It seems that the most important thing about Reagan was his anti-Communism and his reputation as a hawk who saw the Soviet Union as an 'evil empire.' Mikhail Gorbachev
evil good-and-evil cases
You can't be afraid to do good in case evil results. Nadine Gordimer
evil way void
In the void is virtue, and no evil. Wisdom has existence, principle has existence, the Way has existence, spirit is nothingness. Miyamoto Musashi
evil may misfortunes
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come. Publilius Syrus
evil long wish
What greater evil could you wish a miser, than long life?
evil quiet secure
An evil conscience is often quiet, but never secure.
evil return may
The evil you do to others you may expect in return.
evil want bent
He who is bent on doing evil can never want occasion.
evil division pope
Mr. Churchill, Mr. Prime Minister, how many divisions did you say that the pope had? Joseph Stalin
evil nostalgia exhausted
After having exhausted all the arguments on behalf of evil, one utters the creed's dictums with nostalgia rather than with fervor. Joseph Brodsky
evil political eating
Russian talk of political evil is as natural as eating ...
evil lasts firsts
It is easier to contend with evil at the first than at the last. Leonardo da Vinci