Wickedness Quotes

256 Wickedness quotes by 197 unique authors

To be born in imbecility, in the midst of pain and crisis; to be the plaything of ignorance, error, need, sickness, wickedness, and passions; to… — Denis Diderot
Every soul that is born into flesh is soiled by the filth of wickedness and sin. . . . In the Church, baptism is given… — Origen
If a person seems wicked, do not cast him away. Awaken him with your words, elevate him with your deeds, repay his injury with your… — Laozi
It is possible that these may all be insufficient to control the caprice and wickedness of man. But are they not all that government will… — James Madison
How many does it take to metamorphose wickedness into righteousness? One man must not kill. If he does, it is murder.... But a state or… — Adin Ballou
The wicked are always surprised to find that the good can be clever. — Luc de Clapiers
What is their potential for evil; what is their potential for wickedness? That's the only time that those characters become interesting to watch. — Jennifer Beals
The difference between weakness and wickedness is much less than people suppose; and the consequences are nearly always the same. — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
Present-Day Wickedness, Apostasy and Modern Civilization Cannot Prevent Revival. — John R. Rice
If you punish a child for being naughty, and reward him for being good, he will do right merely for the sake of the reward;… — Immanuel Kant
Although among heretics and schismatics there is the same Baptism, nevertheless, the remission of sins is not operative among them because of the very rottenness… — Saint Augustine
If you neglect to instruct children in the way of holiness, will the devil neglect to instruct them in the way of wickedness? No; if… — John Flavel
One cannot avoid a certain feeling of disgust, when one observes the actions of man displayed on the great stage of the world. Wisdom is… — Immanuel Kant
For mortal men there is but one hell, and that is the folly and wickedness and spite of his fellows; but once his life is… — Marquis de Sade
The contented and economically comfortable have a very discriminating view of government. Nobody is ever indignant about bailing out failed banks and failed savings and… — John Kenneth Galbraith
Listen to these wounds of pain put in the form of questions to me by a young woman who had had two abortions: "I wonder… — Neal A. Maxwell
In every government on earth is some trace of human weakness, some germ of corruption and degeneracy, which cunning will discover, and wickedness insensibly open,… — Thomas Jefferson
I will frankly confess that after passing a few weeks in the valley of the Marquesas, I formed a higher estimate of human nature than… — Herman Melville
For in prosperity a man is often puffed up with pride, whereas tribulations chasten and humble him through suffering and sorrow. In the midst of… — Alfred the Great
Le Chiffre was serving a wonderful purpose, a really vital purpose, perhaps the best and highest purpose of all. By his evil existence, which I… — Ian Fleming
. . . it seems to me certain that more people are killed out of righteous stupidity than out of wickedness. — Karl Popper
Maybe violent wickedness can be decapitated, but stupidity has too many heads. — Andre Glucksmann
One man's wickedness may easily become all men's curse. — Publilius Syrus
More harm is done by fools through foolishness than is done by evil-doers through wickedness. — Muhammad
A club hurts the flesh, but evil words hurt the bone. — Matthew Polly

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