I have wrought great use out of evil tools.

I have wrought great use out of evil tools.

Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always the product of an art.

Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always the product of an art.

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.

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.

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who read more

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.

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.]

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.

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

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.