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Evil Quotes by John Steinbeck
- A man, after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life, will have left only the hard, clean question: Was it good…
- There are monstrous changes taking place in the world, forces shaping a future whose face we do not know. Some of these forces seem evil…
- I believe that there is one story in the world, and only one. . . . Humans are caught—in their lives, in their thoughts, in…
- We have only one story. All novels, all poetry, are built on the neverending contest in ourselves of good and evil. And it occurs to…
- Look now -- in all of history men have been taught that killing of men is an evil thing not to be countenanced. Any man…
- Yes, you will. And I will warn you now that not their blood but your suspicion might build evil in them. They will be what…
- This was an evil beyond thinking. The killing of a man was not so evil as the killing of a boat. For a boat does…
- Maybe we all have in us a secret pond where evil and ugly things germinate and grow strong. But this culture is fences, and the…
- It is astounding to find that the belly of every black and evil thing is as white as snow. And it is saddening to discover…
- We only have one story. All novels, all poetry are built on the never-ending contest in ourselves of good and evil.
More Evil Quotes
- Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite is really… — Hannah Arendt
- 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
- No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- 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
- Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table. — Wystan Hugh Auden