Evil Quotes

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In every well-written play the battle rages between the primary powers of Good and Evil, and it is this battle which constitutes the life impulse… — Michael Chekhov
The powers in charge keep us in a perpetual state of fear keep us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor with the cry of… — Douglas MacArthur
Let no pleasure tempt thee, no profit allure thee, no persuasion move thee, to do anything which thou knowest to be evil; so shalt thou… — Benjamin Franklin
As much as the world has an instinct for evil and is a breeding ground for genocide, holocaust, slavery, racism, war, oppression, and injustice, the… — Desmond Tutu
Never do anything that taints your mind. Wrong actions cause negative or evil mental vibrations that are reflected in your whole appearance and personality. Engage… — Paramahansa Yogananda
Learning acquired in youth arrests the evil of old age; and if you understand that old age has wisdom for its food, you will so… — Leonardo da Vinci
Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil but its duty, like that of other passions, is not to overbear reason, but to… — Samuel Johnson
Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness it is to be expecting evil before it comes. — Seneca the Younger
Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted… — Patrick Henry
There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven… — Andrew Jackson
We're not attacking Islam but Islam has attacked us. The God of Islam is not the same God. He's not the son of God of… — Franklin Graham
That's the shame about Miles Copeland; he's evil, but he's got a heart of gold. — Unknown Author
The indifference, callousness and contempt that so many people exhibit toward animals is evil first because it results in great suffering in animals, and second… — Ashley Montagu
If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle. — Albrecht Durer
To great evils we submit; yet we resent little provocations. — William Hazlitt
Every evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Cato requested old men not to add the disgrace of wickedness to old age, which was accompanied with many other evils. — Plutarch
It is the evil that lies in ourselves that is ever least tolerant of the evil that dwells within others. — Maurice Maeterlinck
There is this of good in real evils; they deliver us, while they last, from the petty despotism of all that were imaginary. — Charles Caleb Colton
Malice often takes the garb of truth. — William Hazlitt

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