Evils Quotes

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There are two things in life that a sage must preserve at every sacrifice, the coats of his stomach and the enamel of his teeth.… — Henry Bulwer, 1st Baron Dalling and Bulwer
If it were possible to make an accurate calculation of the evils which police regulations occasion, and of those which they prevent, the number of… — Wilhelm von Humboldt
I used to suppose that certain evils could never befall a being in possession of a sound mind; that true virtue supplies us with energy… — Charles Brockden Brown
All evils are equal when they are extreme. — Pierre Corneille
When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil. — Max Lerner
I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country than the dissolution of the Union. It would be an accumulation of all the evils we… — Robert E. Lee
Whether it's the Axis of Evil, or the evils of eating meat, it is a concept that has all but lost the impact it once… — Corey Taylor
Believing that the happiness of mankind is best promoted by the useful pursuits of peace, that on these alone a stable prosperity can be founded,… — Thomas Jefferson
The evils which of necessity encompass the life of man are sufficiently numerous. Why should we add to them by voluntarily distressing and destroying one… — Thomas Jefferson
Life has its pains and evils-its bitter disappointments; but like a good novel and in healthful length of days, there is infinite joy in seeing… — W. E. B. Du Bois
Adversity toughens manhood, and the characteristic of the good or the great man is not that he has been exempt from the evils of life,… — Patrick Henry
Has it occurred to you that transmigration is at once an explanation and a justification of the evil of the world? If the evils we… — W. Somerset Maugham
We tolerate, even promote, many things we once regarded as evil, wrong, or immoral. And then we seek "explanations" for an act that seems beyond… — Cal Thomas
It is one of the evils of democratical governments, that the people, not always seeing and frequently misled, must often feel before they can act. — George Washington
Is not nationalism - that devotion to a flag, an anthem, a boundary so fierce it engenders mass murder - one of the great evils… — Howard Zinn
The evils we experience flow from the excess of democracy. The people do not want virtue, but are the dupes of pretended patriots. — Elbridge Gerry
One great blemish in the popular mind of America and the prolific parent of an innumerable brood of evils, is Universal Distrust . . .… — Charles Dickens
There is still a tendency to regard any existing government intervention as desirable, to attribute all evils to the market, and to evaluate new proposals… — Milton Friedman
All the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the world, flow from this source: that men do not by clear and sound knowledge… — Teresa of Avila
This law of monogamy, or the monogamic system, laid the foundation for prostitution and the evils and diseases of the most revolting nature and character… — Orson Pratt

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