Quotes about Evil

quotes
77
authors
71
Origin
What do these mean?
“Evil be to him who evil thinks.”
Evil
“Evil is easy, and has infinite forms.”
Evil
“Wicked is not much worse than indiscreet.”
Evil
“They that know no evil will suspect none.”
Evil
“Evil is nourished and grows by concealment.”
— Virgil
Evil
“To do no evil is good, to intend none better.”
Evil
“Evil is always possible. Goodness is a difficulty.”
Evil
“What is worse than evil? The inability to bear it.”
Evil
“Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree.”
Evil
“Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befall you.”
Evil
“Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.”
Evil
“There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.”
— Buddha
Evil
“But evil is wrought by want of thought as well as want of heart!”
VerifiedThe Lady's Dream, st. 16 (1827). · evidenceEvil
“There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.”
— Plato
Evil
“May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.-”
Evil
“Only among people who think no evil can Evil monstrously flourish.”
Evil
“Of two evils, it is always best to vote for the least hypocritical.”
Evil
“There is only one good -- knowledge; and only one evil -- ignorance.”
Evil
“We may draw good out of evil; we must not do evil, that good may come.”
Evil
“If there was no moral evil upon earth, there would be no physical evil.”
Evil
“Those that are evil have not only the good against them, but also the bad.”
Evil