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Evil Quotes by Aristotle
- Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.
- No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye.
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment…
- Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot, feel they have lost their liberty.
- It is our choice of good or evil that determines our character, not our opinion about good or evil.
- For the real difference between humans and other animals is that humans alone have perception of good and evil, just and unjust, etc. It is…
- Evils draw men together.
- Evil draws men together.
- Youth should stay away from all evil, especially things that produce wickedness and ill-will.
- Again, it is possible to fail in many ways (for evil belongs to the class of the unlimited and good to that of the limited),…
- We must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils.
- For the lesser evil is reckoned a good in comparison with the greater evil, since the lesser evil is rather to be chosen than the…
- And it is characteristic of man that he alone has any sense of good and evil, of just and unjust, and the like, and the…
- Evil brings men together.
- Some animals are cunning and evil-disposed, as the fox; others, as the dog, are fierce, friendly, and fawning. Some are gentle and easily tamed, as…
More Evil Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. — Aristotle
- A deep man believes that the evil eye can whither, the heart's blessing can heal, and that love can overcome all odds.... — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- When the soul, through its own fault... becomes rooted in a pool of pitch-black, evil smelling water, it produces nothing but misery… — Teresa of Avila
- If I were to give advice, I would say to parents that they ought to be very careful whom they allow to… — Teresa of Avila
- The extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil not to be measured by the value of that money to the people… — Chester A. Arthur
- Guns are evil! And very little good comes from the availability of a bullet designed to kill human beings! — Mackenzie Astin