Evil Quotes

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Much of what we call evil is due entirely to the way men take the phenomenon. It can so often be converted into a bracing… — William James
Now that science has helped us to overcome the awe of the unknown in nature, we are the slaves of social pressures of our own… — Max Horkheimer
So in Jewry we recognise a contemporary universal anti-social phenomenon, which has reached its present pitch through a process of, historical development in which the… — Karl Marx
This inability to think created the possibility for many ordinary men to commit evil deeds on a gigantic scale, the like of which had never… — Hannah Arendt
There is no worse evil than a bad woman; and nothing has ever been produced better than a good one. — Euripides
Evil events from evil causes spring. — Aristophanes
The melancholy joys of evils pass'd, For he who much has suffer'd, much will know. — Homer
Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die. — Sappho
I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils. — Aeschylus
The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I think that Americans should gradually begin to adopt positive behavior rather than doing evil. They should not expect an immediate reaction in return for… — Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Evil spawns evil. The first experience of torture gives an understanding of the pleasure in tormenting others. — Mikhail Lermontov
Americans are ugly unwashed clods that live off of government cheese. If I could, I'd take every living American, grind them up into a fine… — Thom Yorke
Rock music is, is a necessary evil, like beating my children with penny loafers — Thom Yorke
I'm glad I escaped the clutches of those evil gnomes... I'm talking, of course, about Puerto Ricans. — Thom Yorke
Europe and America must act together in the face of evil. It's high time for Americans and Europeans to restore that unity and be able… — Wesley Clark
Another sort of false prayers are our regrets. Discontent is the way of self-reliance: it is infirmity of will. Regret calamities, if you can thereby… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If there is such a phenomenon as absolute evil, it consists in treating another human being as a thing. — John Brunner
Afternoon classes - that evil invention! — John Gresham Machen
If the fiercest conglomerate monsters had souls, with all that implied, who could condemn them as evil? — Piers Anthony

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