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I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.
I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.
Evil and good are God's right hand and left.
Evil and good are God's right hand and left.
The world, the flesh, the devil.
The world, the flesh, the devil.
Every evil in the bud is easily crushed; as it grows older, it
becomes stronger.
[Lat., Omne malum read more
Every evil in the bud is easily crushed; as it grows older, it
becomes stronger.
[Lat., Omne malum nascens facile opprimitur; inveteratum fit
pleurumque robustius.]
Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree.
Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree.
Evil spelled backward is live.
Evil spelled backward is live.
Evil beginning houres may end in good.
Evil beginning houres may end in good.
How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.
How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.