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title: "10 Presence Evil Quotes by 9 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Presence Evil quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Presence Evil sayings and thoughts."
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> [“and we stood next to each other because that is what friends do in the presence of evil or love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-safran-foer/and-we-stood-next-to-each-other-because-that-is-what-friends-do-in/)

[Jonathan Safran Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-safran-foer/)

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> [“Temerity in the presence of evil is not prudence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-m-doran/temerity-in-the-presence-of-evil-is-not-prudence/)

[T.M. Doran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-m-doran/)

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> [What I fear is being in the presence of evil and doing nothing. I fear that more than death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otilia-de-koster/what-i-fear-is-being-in-the-presence-of-evil-and-doing-nothing-i-fear/)

[Otilia De Koster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otilia-de-koster/)

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> [The presence of evil was something to be first recognized, then dealt with, survived, outwitted, triumphed over.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-morrison/the-presence-of-evil-was-something-to-be-first-recognized-then-dealt/)

[Toni Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-morrison/)

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> [Always be careful , the sight of god may not be easily available but you may find presence of the evil in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mak-786/always-be-careful-the-sight-of-god-may-not-be-easily-available-but/)

[Mak\_786](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mak-786/)

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> [Around us there is the presence of evil. The devil is at work. But in a loud voice I say: GOD IS…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/around-us-there-is-the-presence-of-evil-the-devil-is-at-work-but-in-a/)

[Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/)

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> [I saw Herschel and he saw me and we stood next to each other because that is what friends do in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-safran-foer/i-saw-herschel-and-he-saw-me-and-we-stood-next-to-each-other-because/)

[Jonathan Safran Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-safran-foer/)

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> [Believers know that the presence of evil is always accompanied by the presence of good, by grace... Where evil grows, there the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/believers-know-that-the-presence-of-evil-is-always-accompanied-by-the/)

[Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-paul-ii/)

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> [When anything is in the presence of evil, but is not as yet evil, the presence of good arouses the desire of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/when-anything-is-in-the-presence-of-evil-but-is-not-as-yet-evil-the/)

[Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/)

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> [“(The presence of evil) in his life provokes him into either overcoming it or yielding to it. If the first, it has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-brunton/the-presence-of-evil-in-his-life-provokes-him-into-either-overcoming/)

[Paul Brunton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-brunton/)

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