Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.

Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

The Evil One has left, the evil ones remain.
[Ger., Den Bosen sind sie los, die Bosen sind geblieben.]

The Evil One has left, the evil ones remain.
[Ger., Den Bosen sind sie los, die Bosen sind geblieben.]

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.

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

Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree.

Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree.

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.

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.