--- title: "9 Evil Best Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Evil Best quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Evil Best sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf9/martin-luther-king-jr-127_african-american-civ_there-is-some-good-in-the-worst-of-us-an_692436.png" --- > [There is some good in the worst of us, and some evil in the best of us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/there-is-some-good-in-the-worst-of-us-and-some-evil-in-the-best-of-us/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf9/martin-luther-king-jr-127_african-american-civ_there-is-some-good-in-the-worst-of-us-an_692436.png) > [Keep what you have; the known evil is best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/keep-what-you-have-the-known-evil-is-best/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a12/anonymous-1_best_keep-what-you-have-the-known-evil-is-bes_648775.jpg) > [If you have to write a fictional adventure to convey a philosophy of evil, the best person is the destroyer of evil…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amish-tripathi/if-you-have-to-write-a-fictional-adventure-to-convey-a-philosophy-of/) [Amish Tripathi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amish-tripathi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebb/amish-tripathi-2348_adventure_if-you-have-to-write-a-fictional-adventu_3046224.png) > [“For unbelievers, evil can best be described as the abandonment of our minds to the minds of others.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-stefanelli/for-unbelievers-evil-can-best-be-described-as-the-abandonment-of-our/) [Al Stefanelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-stefanelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/056/al-stefanelli-10033_evil_for-unbelievers-evil-can-best-be-describ_409563.jpg) > [ Keep what you have got; the known evil is best. \[Lat., Habeas ut nactus; nota mala res optima est.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/keep-what-you-have-got-the-known-evil-is-best-lat-habeas-ut-nactus/) [Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87f/plautus-1263_contentment_keep-what-you-have-got-the-known-evil-is_2228807.jpg) > [“There is evil in the best of us, of course; but perhaps just a little bit more in the worst of us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-kerr/there-is-evil-in-the-best-of-us-of-course-but-perhaps-just-a-little/) [Philip Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-kerr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fd/philip-kerr-14488_quote_there-is-evil-in-the-best-of-us-of-cours_1815546.jpg) > [We have a mantra: don't be evil, which is to do the best things we know how for our users, for our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-page/we-have-a-mantra-don-t-be-evil-which-is-to-do-the-best-things-we-know/) [Larry Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-page/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fd/larry-page-4715_evil_we-have-a-mantra-don-t-be-evil-which-is_2398126.jpg) > [Yet I know that good is coming to me—that good is always coming; though few have at all times the simplicity and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/yet-i-know-that-good-is-coming-to-me-that-good-is-always-coming/) [George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/315/george-macdonald-295_all-time_yet-i-know-that-good-is-coming-to-me-tha_2153016.jpg) > [“He was some kind of a man... What does it matter what you say about people?" -- Marlene Dietrich's character in Touch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whit-masterson/he-was-some-kind-of-a-man-what-does-it-matter-what-you-say-about/) [Whit Masterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whit-masterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/whit-masterson-117234_matter_he-was-some-kind-of-a-man-what-does-it-m_1685093.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evil-best/#itemlist", "name": "Evil Best Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is some good in the worst of us, and some evil in the best of us.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Luther King, Jr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/there-is-some-good-in-the-worst-of-us-and-some-evil-in-the-best-of-us/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf9/martin-luther-king-jr-127_african-american-civ_there-is-some-good-in-the-worst-of-us-an_692436.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf9/martin-luther-king-jr-127_african-american-civ_there-is-some-good-in-the-worst-of-us-an_692436.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf9/martin-luther-king-jr-127_african-american-civ_there-is-some-good-in-the-worst-of-us-an_692436.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is some good in the worst of us, and some evil in the best of us.” — Martin Luther King, Jr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Keep what you have; the known evil is best.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/keep-what-you-have-the-known-evil-is-best/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a12/anonymous-1_best_keep-what-you-have-the-known-evil-is-bes_648775.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a12/anonymous-1_best_keep-what-you-have-the-known-evil-is-bes_648775.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a12/anonymous-1_best_keep-what-you-have-the-known-evil-is-bes_648775.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Keep what you have; the known evil is best.” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you have to write a fictional adventure to convey a philosophy of evil, the best person is the destroyer of evil himself, Lord Shiva.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Amish Tripathi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amish-tripathi/if-you-have-to-write-a-fictional-adventure-to-convey-a-philosophy-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebb/amish-tripathi-2348_adventure_if-you-have-to-write-a-fictional-adventu_3046224.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebb/amish-tripathi-2348_adventure_if-you-have-to-write-a-fictional-adventu_3046224.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebb/amish-tripathi-2348_adventure_if-you-have-to-write-a-fictional-adventu_3046224.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you have to write a fictional adventure to convey a philosophy of evil, the best person is the destroyer…” — Amish Tripathi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“For unbelievers, evil can best be described as the abandonment of our minds to the minds of others.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Al Stefanelli" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-stefanelli/for-unbelievers-evil-can-best-be-described-as-the-abandonment-of-our/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/056/al-stefanelli-10033_evil_for-unbelievers-evil-can-best-be-describ_409563.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/056/al-stefanelli-10033_evil_for-unbelievers-evil-can-best-be-describ_409563.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/056/al-stefanelli-10033_evil_for-unbelievers-evil-can-best-be-describ_409563.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For unbelievers, evil can best be described as the abandonment of our minds to the minds of others.” — Al Stefanelli", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Keep what you have got; the known evil is best. 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