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Evil Quotes by Saint Basil
- Good masters teach good doctrine, but that taught by evil masters is wholly evil.
- It is impious to say that evil has its origin from God, because naught contrary is produced by the contrary. Life does not generate death,…
- Just as a very little fresh water is blown away by a storm of wind and dust, in like manner the good deeds, that we…
- The Christian ought not to say anything behind his brother's back with the object of calumniating him, for this is slander, even if what is…
- What is the benefit of fasting in our body while filling our souls with innumerable evils? He who does not play at dice, but spends…
- Every evil is a sickness of soul, but virtue offers the cause of its health.
- No one who is in this world will deny that evils exist. What, then, do we say? That evil is not a living and animated…
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