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No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness.


Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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SOPHOCLES It is necessary only for the good man to do nothing for evil to triumph.
EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON BULWER-LYTTON, FIRST BARON LYTTON It is necessary only for the good man to do nothing for evil to triumph.
EDMUND BURKE That man that killed another man is no criminal nor should he be consider an evil man for his action...
ENRIQUE MIGUEL ALCALA SILVA Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things.
DAVID OGILVY He said after a little while, 'I see why you say that only men do evil, I think. Even sharks are inn...
URSULA K. LE GUIN All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil...
BOHDI SANDERS No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD 269.—No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Only humans think death is evil. But it is nature. Evil exist's only in life. There is much good and...
ISOBELLE CARMODY Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no justice; but onl...
THOMAS CARLYLE Foolish men imagine that because judgement for an evil thing is delayed, there is no justice; but on...
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ERICA JONG Only among people who think no evil can Evil monstrously flourish.
LOGAN PEARSALL SMITH it is impossible for a man to achieve good through evil means.
SAINT NIKODIMOS Ingratitude is a crime more despicable than revenge, which is only returning evil for evil, while in...
WILLIAM GEORGE JORDAN But magic is neither good nor evil. It is a tool, like a knife. Is a knife evil? Only if the wielder...
RICK RIORDAN When good befalls a man he calls it Providence, when evil fate.
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LEO TOLSTOY Evil, what is evil? There is only one evil, to deny life.
D.H. LAWRENCE There is no good or evil: only power and those too weak to seek it.
J. K. ROWLING We took this challenge before our Lord and our conscience, and it must be done, because this man, Hi...
CLAUS VON STAUFFENBERG It is in his knowledge that man has found his greatness and his happiness, the high superiority whic...
JAMES SMITHSON Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil
PROVERB The worst evil is that most subtle evil. It is the evil that is merely 'base' which is more evil tha...
CRISS JAMI Only one enemy is worse than despair: indifference. In every area of human creativity, indifference ...
ELIE WIESEL She decided at once that she and the boy were cut of the same bookish cloth, and could quite possibl...
JORDAN STRATFORD It is what it is, it is what you make it.
JAMES DURBIN Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.
MARCUS AURELIUS He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
FRANCIS QUARLES Evil cannot be "treated" -- nor should it be. Evil has to [be] confronted and destroyed and it matte...
BILL O'REILLY No matter how hard Evil tries, it can never quite match up to the power of Good, because Evil is ult...
JOHN CONNOLLY There is no good and evil, there is only power and those too weak to seek it.
J.K. ROWLING There is no good and evil, there is only power... and those too weak to seek it.
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING There is no good and evil, there is only power, and those too weak to seek it. 
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MAX WEBER I fear no man, no beast or evil, brother.
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LAKSHYA BHARADWAJ It is our obligation to free them from the clutches of evil, evil that has no boundaries,
GIDEON EZRA Man has 2 common problems with God: the one is that there is evil in the world; the other is that fr...
CRISS JAMI He that does good, having the unlimited power to do evil, deserves praise not only for the good whic...
WALTER SCOTT Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the know...
JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the know...
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SONYA.E.WILLIAMS Pain is no evil unless it conquers us.
GEORGE ELIOT Pain is no evil, unless it conquers us
CHARLES KINGSLEY Pain is no evil, unless it conquers us.
CHARLES KINGSLEY Man is meant for good but designed for evil.
RAHEEL FAROOQ We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we try to fight it: and Christ, b...
C.S. LEWIS He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who acc...
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who acc...
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HUNTER S. THOMPSON It is not the evil itself which is horrifying about our times – it is the way we not only tolerate...
GEORGE LINCOLN ROCKWELL It is not the evil itself which is horrifying about our times – it is the way we not only tolerate ...
GEORGE LINCOLN ROCKWELL This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
EDWIN HUBBEL CHAPIN For every thinking and reflecting man the existence of evil is a riddle he cannot escape.
FRANçOIS PETIT The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT No man is justified in doing evil on the grounds of expedience
THEODORE ROOSEVELT I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it doe...
MAHATMA GANDHI A politician who has no compassion is nothing but an evil apparition; he is just a ghost, not a real...
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN Kira is evil ... There's no denying that ... But lately I've been starting to think of it more like ...
TSUGUMI OHBA For evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing.
SIMON WIESENTHAL Get a lawyer to look at your contract or beware. Because no company - evil or not - is going to do i...
SARAH LACY Fighting evil with evil doesn't diminish it; rather, it increases the evil.
JIM GENOVESE No matter how hard Evil tries, it can never quite match up to the power of Good, because Evil is ult...
JOHN CONNOLLY Death is not an evil, because it frees us from all evils, and while it takes away good things, it ta...
GIACOMO LEOPARDI I am Happy and satisfied with what I am. 10000 will take me wrong, 1000 will go against me, 100 will...
NEHA KOTHARI If our mind was an ocean then every now and then we would have the perfect storm happening in it.Gar...
GARY F EVANS... Is it better for a man to have chosen evil than to have good imposed upon him?
ANTHONY BURGESS War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil.
GEORGE ORWELL War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil
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DEYTH BANGER Because, where I'm from, you see no evil, you do no evil. If you see something, you keep your mouth ...
CHARLIE JOHNSON Education is not a panacea. Education in the mind of evil man is evil sevenfold.
TROY J. GAINEY There was no Jace Wayland more real than the one he saw in her eyes when she looked at him.
CASSANDRA CLARE He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does mischief to the planner...
HESIOD Whether it is good or evil,man has the power to bring it to pass,once he commits his thoughts into w...
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MICHEL HOUELLEBECQ A man prone to suspect evil is mostly looking in his neighbor for what he sees in himself.
AUGUSTUS HARE It is pointless to try to overcome evil with evil
SUNDAY ADELAJA God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
SAINT AUGUSTINE God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
ST. AURELIUS AUGUSTINE God dislikes evil, and no happiness can be built on hate. Love one another as brothers.
JOSEPHINE BAKER No evil is honorable: but death is honorable; therefore death is not evil.
CITIUM ZENO No evil is honorable: but death is honorable; therefore death is not evil.
ZENO Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is. ... We never find out the strength of...
C.S. LEWIS Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, ...
SAINT AUGUSTINE It'a okay to take some break from the crucible steep of stairs that you want to try to achieve, as l...
LAURE96 I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is.
TED TURNER Stuffing is evil. Stuffing adds mass, so it slows the cooking. That's evil because the longer th...
ALTON BROWN Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.
HESIOD He who is in evil, is also in the punishment of evil.
EMANUEL SWEDENBORG I have a controversial opinion about evil, because I don't believe evil exists. I believe that a...
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RACHEL SHELLEY I endeavour to read more, be more informed on gay rights. Whatever floats your boat is my outlook. I...
RACHEL SHELLEY Opening doors for us, helping us with our jackets and chairs - we love all that.
RACHEL SHELLEY I replaced someone on 'Days of our Lives' once, and the fans hated me. She was a redhead, I ...
SHELLEY HENNIG I was so cold the other day, I almost got married.
SHELLEY WINTERS In Hollywood all the marriages are happy, it's trying to live together afterwards that causes all th...
SHELLEY WINTERS I have bursts of being a lady, but it doesn't last long.
SHELLEY WINTERS I'm actually loving the soundtrack to 'The Secret Circle' that our music supervisor Liza...
SHELLEY HENNIG Soul meets soul on lovers lips.
PERCY SHELLEY It was so cold I almost got married.
SHELLEY WINTERS Every day the fat woman dies a series of small deaths.
SHELLEY BOVEY Now that I'm over sixty I'm veering toward respectability.
SHELLEY WINTERS If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.
SHELLEY LONG He who promises more than he is able to perform, is false to himself; and he who does not perform wh...
GEORGE SHELLEY I was the happiest in English class, and algebra was where I cried.
SHELLEY HENNIG I won't stop fighting to give Nevadans access to affordable health care just because my husband ...
SHELLEY BERKLEY Take events in your life seriously, take work seriously, but don't take yourself seriously, or y...
SHELLEY DUVALL People ask me, 'How's 'Teen Wolf?' and I tell them it's literally the best job I...
SHELLEY HENNIG We live from day to day and get as much joy out of experiencing as we can.
SHELLEY DUVALL I was dying but suddenly had a second chance at living.
SHELLEY FABARES The most memorable performance was my appearance in concert in Carnegie Hall. The first standup to d...
SHELLEY BERMAN And of course, now that Bernard and I have found each other forever, we're determined to create ...
SHELLEY DUVALL Bernard and I intend doing a lot with our lives and that includes actively helping other people. But...
SHELLEY DUVALL Two months later at a party, Bernard pulled me into a closet and proposed. I said yes.
SHELLEY DUVALL While I have made errors that I deeply regret, I have never, ever done so with the intent of subvert...
KEVIN SHELLEY Where do you go to get anorexia?
SHELLEY WINTERS Christianity is the only major religion to have as its central event the humiliation of its God.
BRUCE SHELLEY a fraternity house. ... He wants you to have a good time whether you're working or not.
BRUCE SHELLEY My boss thinks it's the best entertainment product Microsoft's ever made,
BRUCE SHELLEY They just want to have the action.
BRUCE SHELLEY We do listen to the feedback quite a bit, ... We have at least one or two full-time people who are m...
BRUCE SHELLEY I got into this business to make games that I wanted to play. Turns out that there's millions of peo...
BRUCE SHELLEY We went as high as we could. We were actually putting graphic effects in here you couldn't see on an...
BRUCE SHELLEY The programming team set out to make the best-looking PC game ever.
BRUCE SHELLEY We haven't announced anything and we don't really have anything in development, but we're experiment...
BRUCE SHELLEY We want to do new kinds of games and do new and different things. We've been doing the same game for...
BRUCE SHELLEY I cannot understand for the life of me why DOE is going forward with this licensing procedure when w...
SHELLEY BERKLEY Pigs are not that dirty. And they're smart, strange little creatures. They just need love.
SHELLEY DUVALL