Evil Quotes

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It is almost impossible systematically to constitute a natural moral law. Nature has no principles. She furnishes us with no reason to believe that human… — Anatole France
The cause of all human evils is the not being able to apply general principles to special cases. — Epictetus
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water. — William Shakespeare
Family . . . the home of all social evil, a charitable institution for comfortable women, an anchorage for house-fathers, and a hell for children. — August Strindberg
The white man is not inherently evil, but America's racist society influences him to act evilly. The society has produced and nourishes a psychology which… — Malcolm X
To cure us of our immoderate love of gain, we should seriously consider how many goods there are that money will not purchase, and these… — Charles Caleb Colton
Children, after being limbs of Satan in traditional theology and mystically illuminated angels in the minds of educational reformers, have reverted to being little devils;… — Bertrand Russell
Life is given for wisdom, and yet we are not wise; for goodness, and we are not good; for overcoming evil, and evil remains; for… — Thornton T. Munger
Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils, but present evils triumph over it. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
To the modern spirit, disillusioned, or at least unillusioned, the great evil to be avoided is sentimentality. — Irwin Edman
Much of the most important evils that mankind have to consider are those which they inflict upon each other through stupidity or malevolence or both. — Bertrand Russell
Two evils, of almost equal weight, may befall the man of erudition; never to be listened to, and to be listened to always. — Walter Savage Landor
For you all think God is one who rewards good and punishes evil, but I say to you that God is one who loves you… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ideas and principles that do harm are as a rule, though not always, cloaks for evil passions. — Bertrand Russell
The Angels are the dispensers and administrators of the Divine beneficence toward us. They regard our safety, undertake our defense, direct our ways, and exercise… — John Calvin
It is enough for the evil people to succeed, for the good people to do nothing. — Jose Rizal
With the influences of evil that surround our children, can we even imagine sending them out in the morning without kneeling and humbly asking together… — Neil L. Andersen
As we look into the future, we are going to need to be stronger and more responsible for our choices in a world where people… — James E. Faust
Money is not the root of all evil...ignorance is the root of all evil. People do cruel and foolish things for money because they feel… — Alan Cohen
An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it. — Jeff Cooper

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