Evil Quote by Plautus

Of evils one should choose the least. [Lat., Ex malis eligere minima oportere.]

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Keep what you have got; the known evil is best. [Lat., Habeas ut nactus; nota mala res optima est.]

— Plautus

Of two evils choose the least.

— Desiderius Erasmus

Of two evils we must always choose the least.

— Thomas a Kempis

All evils are equal when they are extreme. [Fr., Et tous maux sont pareils alors qu'ils sont extremes.]

— Pierre Corneille

“There is no such thing as pure good or pure evil, least of all in people. In the best of us there are thoughts…

— Terry Goodkind

Nullum ad nocendum tempus angustum est malis. No time is too short for the wicked to injure their neighbors.

— Seneca the Younger

“The smallest evil if neglected, will reach the greatest proportions.”

— Pliny the Younger

The least is the worst enemy of the most.

— Vikrant Parsai

“Bonis nocet, qui malis parcit. He harms the good (people) who spares the evil.”

— Seneca

The worst evils of life are those which do not exist except in our imagination. If we had no troubles but real troubles, we…

— Charles Spurgeon

We must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils.

— Aristotle