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

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

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.]

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.

Evil requires the sanction of the victim.

Evil requires the sanction of the victim.

It is necessary only for the good man to do nothing for evil to
triumph.

It is necessary only for the good man to do nothing for evil to
triumph.

All evils are equal when they are extreme.
[Fr., Et tous maux sont pareils alors qu'ils sont extremes.]

All evils are equal when they are extreme.
[Fr., Et tous maux sont pareils alors qu'ils sont extremes.]

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

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.

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.