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Evil beginning houres may end in good.
Evil beginning houres may end in good.
Cursed is the man who dies, but the evil done by him survives.
Cursed is the man who dies, but the evil done by him survives.
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of read more
To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.
Of two evils, choose neither.
Of two evils, choose neither.
Inasmuch as ill-deeds spring up as a spontaneous crop, they are
easy to learn.
[Sp., Como el hacer read more
Inasmuch as ill-deeds spring up as a spontaneous crop, they are
easy to learn.
[Sp., Como el hacer mal viene de natural cosecha, facilmente se
aprende el hacerle.]
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who read more
He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.
The world, the flesh, the devil.
The world, the flesh, the devil.