Evil Quotes

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When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading: Henny Youngman. He was a wise man who invented beer — Plato
To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will… — Plato
There are many doors to goodness. (Saying) 'glory to God,' 'praise be to God,' 'there is no deity but God,' enjoining good, forbidding evil, removing… — Muhammad
Love of Allah gives us spiritual life; hope in His Reward is the greatest incentive to do good; and fear of His Wrath stops us… — Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi
Let fire and the cross; let the crowds of wild beasts; let tearings ... let shatterings of the whole body; and let all the evil… — Ignatius of Antioch
Herein is the evil of ignorance, that he who is neither good nor wise is nevertheless satisfied with himself: he had no desire for that… — Plato
It is never right to do wrong or to requite wrong with wrong, or when we suffer evil to defend ourselves by doing evil in… — Socrates
Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or… — Socrates
Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all. — Plato
All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride. — Sophocles
To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for it is to think that we know what we do… — Socrates
To fear death is nothing other than to think oneself wise when one is not. For it is to think one knows what one does… — Socrates
The misuse of language induces evil in the soul. — Socrates
Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and not be able to. — Sophocles
A cunning fellow is man, inventive beyond all expectation, he reaches sometimes evil and sometimes good — Sophocles
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance. — Socrates
Comedy mocks the vanity of visions of rational control. The person who can joke amidst a confrontation with evil, like the quick-witted Spider-Man, must be… — Peter Leithart
Second, the reason to embrace and celebrate these novels as the countercultural event that they are is due largely to the subliminal messages delivered by… — John Granger
Wherever it has been established that it is shameful to be involved with sexual relationships with men, that is due to evil on the part… — Plato
The "Kumulipo" is an old Hawaiian prayer chant that poetically describes the creation of the world. The word literally means "beginning-in-deep-darkness." Here darkness doesn't connote… — Rob Brezsny

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