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Be good to others, that will protect you against evil.
Be good to others, that will protect you against evil.
We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell
We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell
It is extreme evil to depart from the company of the living before you die
It is extreme evil to depart from the company of the living before you die
Evil is always possible. Goodness is a difficulty.
Evil is always possible. Goodness is a difficulty.
As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from read more
As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy.
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 requires the sanction of the victim.
Evil requires the sanction of the victim.
There is hardly a man clever enough to recognize the full extent of the evil he does.
There is hardly a man clever enough to recognize the full extent of the evil he does.
Evil is sweet in the beginning but bitter in the end.
Evil is sweet in the beginning but bitter in the end.