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 Of two evils choose the least.
 [Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]  
 Of two evils choose the least.
 [Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.] 
Every sin is the result of a collaboration.
Every sin is the result of a collaboration.
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.
 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put 
darkness for light, and light for darkness; read more 
 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put 
darkness for light, and light for darkness; they put bitter for 
sweet, and sweet for bitter! 
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 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.
I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.
I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.
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.
I have wrought great use out of evil tools.
I have wrought great use out of evil tools.