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As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from read more
As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy.
They that know no evil will suspect none.
They that know no evil will suspect none.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
Evil and good are God's right hand and left.
Evil and good are God's right hand and left.
Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree.
Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree.
 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.] 
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.
 It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil 
spirit of man.  
 It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil 
spirit of man. 
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.