Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]

Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table.

Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table.

Often the fear on one evil leads us into a worse.
[Fr., Souvent la peur d'un mal nous conduit read more

Often the fear on one evil leads us into a worse.
[Fr., Souvent la peur d'un mal nous conduit dans un pire.]

There can be no existence of evil as a force to the healthy-minded individual.

There can be no existence of evil as a force to the healthy-minded individual.

I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.

I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.

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.

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

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

Nothing baffles the schemes of evil people so much as the calm composure of great souls.

Nothing baffles the schemes of evil people so much as the calm composure of great souls.