The difference between weakness and wickedness is much less than people suppose; and the consequences are nearly always the same. — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington Copy Share Image
It is no sin to be tempted; the wickedness lies in being overcome. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
“Then Anu and Bel called by name me, Hammurabi, the exalted prince, who feared God, to bring about the rule of righteousness… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If weakness may excuse, What murderer, what traitor, parricide, Incestuous, sacrilegious, but may plead it? All wickedness is weakness; that plea, therefore,… — John Milton Copy Share Image
“For a long moment there was only the sound of her soft, half-gasping little breaths, and the thud of his heart, loud… — Caroline Linden Copy Share Image
So enormous, so dreadful, so irremediable did the [slave] trade's wickedness appear that my own mind was completely made up for abolition.… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
...It would be more consistent that we call [the Bible] the work of a demon than the word of God. It is… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The holy man, though he be distressed, does not eat food mixed with wickedness. The lion, though hungry, will not eat what… — Sakya Pandita Copy Share Image
Saw so much of the wickedness of my heart that I longed to get away from myself...I felt almost pressed to death… — David Brainerd Copy Share Image
Real joy and happiness come from living in such a way that our Heavenly Father will be pleased with us. ... One… — W. Eugene Hansen Copy Share Image
The Deluge: A punishment inflicted on the human race by an all-knowing God, who, through not having foreseen the wickedness of men,… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Wicked people never have time for reading. It's one of the reasons for their wickedness. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I became evil for no reason. I had no motive for my wickedness except wickedness itself. It was foul, and I loved… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
For in prosperity a man is often puffed up with pride, whereas tribulations chasten and humble him through suffering and sorrow. In… — King Alfred Copy Share Image
The core of original sin, then is LOT - Lack of Trust. Or, it could be considered an innate inability to adequately… — Robert H. Schuller Copy Share Image
There is one fairly good reason for fighting - and that is, if the other man starts it. You see, wars are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As a wicked man I am a complete failure. Why, there are lots of people who say I have never really done… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It is an esoteric doctrine of society, that a little wickedness is good to make muscle; as if conscience were not good… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Occasionally I was so much better that I could go out; but the streets used to put me in such a rage… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.” — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Two starving men cannot be twice as hungry as one; but two rascals can be ten times as vicious as one. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
It takes physical courage to indulge in wickedness. The "good" are too cowardly to do it. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image