Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man

Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man

Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.

Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.

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.

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.

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.]

When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil.

When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil.

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.

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

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

Evil spelled backward is live.

Evil spelled backward is live.