Quote by Matthew Henry

“The desire of wrong things leads to wickedness.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Wickedness never rests easily so, in a way, one might almost feel pity for the wicked, for they are destined to live their lives…

— John Connolly

“Wicked men do not go away of their own accord.”

— James Lee Burke

“Wickedness is a wrong action.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“A man's wickedness shall be upon his own head.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Whoever understands shall turn from wickedness.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“The Philosopher, too, says of the wicked (Ethic. ix, 4) that "their soul is divided against itself . . . one part pulls this…

— Thomas Aquinas

“I inquired what wickedness is, and I didn't find a substance, but a perversity of will twisted away from the highest substance – You…

— St. Augustine of Hippo

“Whoever is wise shall turn from wicked ways.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Wickedness is a wonderfully diligent architect of misery, of shame, accompanied with terror, and commotion, and remorse, and endless perturbation.

— Plutarch

“All things truly wicked start from an innocence.”

— Hemingway Ernest

“Tis very strange Men should be so fond of being thought more wicked than they are.”

— Daniel Defoe