Evils Quotes

490 quotes by 339 authors

In love there are two evils: war and peace. — Horace
The melancholy joys of evils pass'd, For he who much has suffer'd, much will know. — Homer
I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils. — Aeschylus
The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
My own convictions as to negro slavery are strong. It has its evils and abuses...We recognize the negro as God and God's Book and God's… — Jefferson Davis
Divorce Myths: 1. When love has gone out of a marriage, it is better to get divorced. 2. It is better for the children for… — R C Sproul
It is difficult to put into words what I suffered-the longing that seemed to be tearing my heart out by the roots, the dreadful sense… — Hector Berlioz
There are indeed, in the present corruption of mankind, many incitements to forsake truth: the need of palliating our own faults and the convenience of… — Samuel Johnson
Of all the evils for which man has made himself responsible, none is so degrading, so shocking, or so brutal as his abuse of the… — Mahatma Gandhi
Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet… — Plato
I once heard a spiritual man say that he was not so much astonished at the things done by a soul in mortal sin as… — Teresa of Avila
When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading: Henny Youngman. He was a wise man who invented beer — Plato
To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will… — Plato
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… — Socrates
Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and not be able to. — Sophocles
Second, the reason to embrace and celebrate these novels as the countercultural event that they are is due largely to the subliminal messages delivered by… — John Granger
The evils of the body are murder, theft, and adultery; of the tongue, lying, slander, abuse and idle talk; of the mind, covetousness, hatred and… — Gautama Buddha
Until philosophers rule as kings or those who are now called kings and leading men genuinely and adequately philosophise, that is, until political power and… — Plato
The glory of this land has been its capacity for transcending the moral evils of our past. For example, the long struggle of minority citizens… — Ronald Reagan
They who talk much of destiny, their birth-star, etc., are in a lower dangerous plane, and invite the evils they fear. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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