There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.

There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.

This is the very worst wickedness, that we refuse to acknowledge the passionate evil that is in us. This makes read more

This is the very worst wickedness, that we refuse to acknowledge the passionate evil that is in us. This makes us secret and rotten.

Of evils one should choose the least.
[Lat., Ex malis eligere minima oportere.]

Of evils one should choose the least.
[Lat., Ex malis eligere minima oportere.]

Evil requires the sanction of the victim.

Evil requires the sanction of the victim.

Wicked acts are accustomed to be done with impunity for the mere
desire of occupation.
[Lat., Solent occupationis read more

Wicked acts are accustomed to be done with impunity for the mere
desire of occupation.
[Lat., Solent occupationis spe vel impune quaedam scelesta
committi.]

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

From envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness.

From envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness.

He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.

He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.

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.