Evils Quotes

490 Evils quotes by 339 unique authors

Man's basic vice, the source of all his evils, is the act of unfocusing his mind, the suspension of his consciousness, which is not blindness,… — Ayn Rand
It's obsequious little nicety-nice girls like me who allow assholes to run the world: Miss Harlot O'Harlots, billionaire phony tree huggers, hypocrite drug-snorting, weed-puffing peace… — Chuck Palahniuk
Death is not an evil, because it frees us from all evils, and while it takes away good things, it takes away also the desire… — Giacomo Leopardi
1.Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day. 2.Never trouble another for what you can do yourself. 3.Never spend your money before you… — Thomas Jefferson
To while away the day contemplating evils that might have been is to poison the happiness we already have. — Christopher Paolini
Antonio: Will you stay no longer? nor will you not that I go with you? Sebastian: By your patience, no. My stars shine darkly over… — William Shakespeare
For a manâ€™s life would become intolerable, if he knew what was going to happen to him. He would be made aware of future evils,… — Anatole France
Whatâ€™s true of all the evils in the world is true of plague as well. It helps men to rise above themselves. — Albert Camus
The greatest temptations are not those that solicit our consent to obvious sin, but those that offer us great evils masking as the greatest goods. — Thomas Merton
I know indeed what evil I intend to do, but stronger than all my afterthoughts is my fury, fury that brings upon mortals the greatest… — Euripides
Good' did not triumph. 'Evil' did not triumph. The two resolved, destroyed each other and created new 'evils', new 'goods' which slew each other in… — Eric Ambler
In the mirrors of the many judgments, my hands are the color of blood. I sometimes fancy myself an evil which exists to oppose other… — Roger Zelazny
Most of the greatest evils that man has inflicted upon man have come through people feeling quite certain about something which, in fact, was false. — Bertrand Russell
To be alone is the fate of all great mindsâ€”a fate deplored at times, but still always chosen as the less grievous of two evils. — Arthur Schopenhauer
He who seeks to regulate everything by law is more likely to arouse vices than to reform them. It is best to grant what cannot… — Baruch Spinoza
It's my petty fear of personal rejection that allows so many true evils to exist. My cowardice enables atrocities. — Chuck Palahniuk
I spent hours flipping through the stations, watching Pat Robertson preach about societyâ€™s evils and then ask people to call him with their credit card… — Marilyn Manson
He turned away, and suddenly she thought about the old children's story, where the stupid girl opens the box that God gave her, and all… — K.J. Parker
The principal use of prudence, of self-control, is that it teaches us to be masters of our passions, and to so control and guide them… — Rene Descartes
One of the greatest evils of the day among those outside of prison is their sense of futility. Young people say, What is the sense… — Dorothy Day

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