Becomes Quote by Sophocles

Men whose wit has been mother of villainy once have learned from it to be evil in all things.

— Sophocles

Evil is a really tough concept for me. The idea of a villain that is bad for bad's sake seems kind of absurd.

— Christopher McQuarrie

Every evil is some good spelt backwards, and in it the wise know how to read Wisdom.

— Coventry Patmore

I don't think anyone sets out to be the evil villain.

— Thomas Middleditch

What we call 'evil' doesn't necessarily deserve any kind of respect or understanding, by any means; it just deserves an acknowledgement of its complexity…

— Bryan Singer

The important thing is to teach a child that good can always triumph over evil.

— Walt Disney

Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other.

— Denis Diderot

All evils are to be considered with the good that is in them, and with what worse attends them.

— Daniel Defoe

“Evil is the worst necessity for mankind to learn and earn better life.”

— Toba Beta

“Now I shall speak of evil as none has Spoken before. I loathe such things as jazz; The white-hosed moron torturing a black Bull,…

— Vladimir Nabokov

Evil is a source of moral intelligence in the sense that we need to learn from our shadow, from our dark side, in order…

— John Bradshaw

The principle of recognition of evil under all its guises is at the basis of the true education of man.

— Boris Sidis