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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
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.]
Every sin is the result of a collaboration.
Every sin is the result of a collaboration.
The world, the flesh, the devil.
The world, the flesh, the devil.
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.
Evil is sweet in the beginning but bitter in the end.
Evil is sweet in the beginning but bitter in the end.
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.
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.
