Evils Quotes

490 Evils quotes by 339 unique authors

Human foresight often leaves its proudest possessor only a choice of evils. — Charles Caleb Colton
We have sworn, and not lightly. This oath we will keep. We are threatened with many evils, and treason not least; but one thing is… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Back in the 1970s, I ate a high-protein diet to get bigger and stronger. As a senior at Utah State, I weighed 218 pounds with… — Dan John
The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion. — Bodhidharma
I think of it all as a test. This is a moral examination that one has to pass... to stand up against such social evils — Kailash Satyarthi
The exploitation of women, mass hunger, disregard for freedom of conscience and for freedom of speech, widespread and racial discrimination all these evils are far… — Rene Cassin
To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Before the curing of a strong disease, Even in the instant of repair and health, The fit is strongest. Evils that take leave, On their… — William Shakespeare
Gluttony and drunkenness have two evils attendant on them; they make the carcass smart, as well as the pocket. — Marcus Aurelius
There exist some evils so terrible and some misfortunes so horrible that we dare not think of them, whilst their very aspect makes us shudder;… — Jean de la Bruyere
Wine is the source of the greatest evils among communities. It causes diseases, quarrels, seditions, idleness, aversion to labor, and family disorders. . . .… — Francois Fenelon
Can it be That modesty may more betray our sense Than woman's lightness? Having waste ground enough, Shall we desire to raze the sanctuary And… — William Shakespeare
The monstrous evils of the twentieth century have shown us that the greediest money grubbers are gentle doves compared with money-hating wolves like Lenin, Stalin,… — Eric Hoffer
CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another. When Zeno was told that one of his enemies was no more he… — Ambrose Bierce
The very problem of mind and body suggests division; I do not know of anything so disastrously affected by the habit of division as this… — John Dewey
The evils of mankind are caused, not by the primary aggressiveness of individuals, but by their self-transcending identification with groups whose common denominator is low… — Arthur Koestler
All acts of living become bad by ten things, and by avoiding the ten things they become good. There are three evils of the body,… — Gautama Buddha
This is a world in which each of us, knowing his limitations, knowing the evils of superficiality and the terrors of fatigue, will have to… — J. Robert Oppenheimer
Diminish the mass of evils that afflict the human species, increase enjoyment and well-being. And even if the new routes opened up could prolong the… — Antoine Lavoisier
One of the evils of democracy is, you have to put up with the man you elect whether you want him or not. — Will Rogers

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