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Evil Quotes by Socrates
- He said that there was one only good, namely, knowledge; and one only evil, namely, ignorance.
- There is but one evil, ignorance.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
- The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
- For this fear of death is indeed the pretense of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being the appearance of knowing the unknown; since no one…
- I prefer to be refuted than to refute, for it is a greater good for oneself to be freed from the greatest evil than to…
- Be of good hope in the face of death. Believe in this one truth for certain, that no evil can befall a good man either…
- Living or dead, to a good man there can come no evil.
- One ought not to return injustice, nor do evil to anybody in the world, no matter what one may have suffered from them.
- One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is…
- There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance
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
- 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
- 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 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