Evil Quotes

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The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil. — Francis Bacon
I think one of the most pervasive evils in this world is greed and acquiring money for money's sake. Once you have six houses and… — Kevin Bacon
The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force… — Lord Acton
Evil is the moment when I lack the strength to be true to the Good that compels me. — Alain Badiou
If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how? — Joan Baez
Anything that isn't opposed by about 40 percent of humanity is either an evil business or so unimportant that it simply doesn't matter. — Russell Baker
Cursed is the man who dies, but the evil done by him survives. — Abu Bakr
To fight against the infidels is Jihad; but to fight against your evil self is greater Jihad. — Abu Bakr
Be good to others, that will protect you against evil. — Abu Bakr
Piety is the most solid goodness, and the vilest of what is evil is vice. — Abu Bakr
Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable. — James A. Baldwin
Our 'neoconservatives' are neither new nor conservative, but old as Bablyon and evil as Hell. — Edward Abbey
Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners. — Benjamin Banneker
The American people are sick and tired of this 'lesser evil' garbage they get fed every election year. Both the Democrats and the Republicans do… — Roseanne Barr
I say I'm the only serious comedian in the presidential race. And I'd like to take this opportunity to ask both Romney and Obama to… — Roseanne Barr
An institution or reform movement that is not selfish, must originate in the recognition of some evil that is adding to the sum of human… — Clara Barton
Good masters teach good doctrine, but that taught by evil masters is wholly evil. — Saint Basil
It is impious to say that evil has its origin from God, because naught contrary is produced by the contrary. Life does not generate death,… — Saint Basil
The unique and supreme voluptuousness of love lies in the certainty of committing evil. And men and women know from birth that in evil is… — Charles Baudelaire
Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally; goodness is always the product of some art. — Charles Baudelaire

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