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Evil Quotes by Epictetus
- Why, do you not know, then, that the origin of all human evils, and of baseness, and cowardice, is not death, but rather the fear…
- The cause of all human evils is the not being able to apply general principles to special cases.
- Shall I show you the sinews of a philosopher? What sinews are those? - A will undisappointed; evils avoided; powers daily exercised; careful resolutions; unerring…
- The essence of good and evil is a certain disposition of the will.
- Two principles we should always have ready — that there is nothing good or evil save in the will; and that we are not to…
- If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
- Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.
- There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
- Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; or he can, but does not want to.
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