Evil Quotes

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Krishna children were taught that in the spiritual world there were no parents, only souls and hence this justified their being kept out of view… — Mary Garden
Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit. — Bodhidharma
Whatever one thinks of President George W. Bush and his unilateralist crew, most of the people laughing at us do not think we are evil.… — Richard Reeves
I think there are some very evil things about gentrification. — Jim McKay
The power of choosing good and evil is within the reach of all. — Origen
The winged words uttered in this House have gone forth to the world, on their mission of good or of evil. — Caleb Cushing
No evil can result from its inhibition more pernicious than its toleration. — Martin Van Buren
But what is the greatest evil? If you are going to epitomize evil, what is it? Is it the bomb? The greatest evil that one… — Patrick McGoohan
I profess accurately to describe native Africa - Africa in those places where it has not received the slightest impulse, whether for good or evil,… — John Hanning Speke
This part of Brazil offered the curious spectacle of a great evil, which has been long suffered to exist and is now advancing, gradually yet… — George Grey
I believe that dogma is often evil. — Pat Buckley
However, without considering this connection, there is no doubt but that more good than evil, more delight than sorrow, arises from compassion itself; there being… — Joseph Butler
The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess. — Menander
This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
All evil comes from the old. They grow fat on ideas and young men die of them. — Jean Anouilh
Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a necessity, even a duty. — Simone Weil
If they exert it not for good, they will for evil; if they advance not knowledge, they will perpetuate ignorance. — Frances Wright
Into every soul, however purged and fenced, evil appears to have as much freedom of entrance as God Himself. — George A. Smith
Wilde is the greatest force for evil that has appeared in Europe during the last 350 years. — Unknown Author
Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil. — Menander

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