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Evil Quotes by Xunzi
- Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
- The nature of man is evil; what is good in him is artificial.
- Misery is evil; quarreling, a misfortune. There is only one possibility of avoiding both: a clear division of society. [Otherwise] the strong tyrannize the weak,…
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
- 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 extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil not to be measured by the value of that money to the people… — Chester A. Arthur