Art Quote by Machado de Assis

“The evils of envy and hatred masquerading as humanitarian idealism had darkened his life from its outset, stamping him as a man quick to…

— Theodore Dalrymple

“...(he) reminded me by his presence, by his natural and plain manner of being good, that there still existed a just world outside our…

— Primo Levi

“It isn't enough that the bad guy is prevented from doing his bad deeds; he must suffer as much as possible. It is as…

— M.E. Thomas

“(The presence of evil) in his life provokes him into either overcoming it or yielding to it. If the first, it has led him…

— Paul Brunton

“The only thing necessary for the continuance of evil is for a good man to do nothing.”

— Anonymous

“It is hard to be good and easy to be evil, but the benefits of being good outweighs that of evil and brings peace…

— Jackson Taviri

“He felt that his mind had become a battle-ground for the forces of good and evil and that his task was to strain every…

— Lawrence Durrell

“He must, therefore, be the model for everyone. He must be devoted entirely to the example of good living. He must be dead to…

— Pope Gregory I

“He, on the other hand, who really could sympathize therewith, would have to despair of the value of life; were he to succeed in…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Evil is just what is positive; it makes its own existence felt.”

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“He often makes prizes of humans who have given their lives for causes He thinks bad on the monstrously sophistical ground that the humans…

— C.S. Lewis

“It was becoming evident to many that while evil grows all by itself, good can be achieved only through hard struggle and maintained only…

— Heda Margolius Kovaly