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The world, the flesh, the devil.
The world, the flesh, the devil.
I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.
I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.
Evil and good are God's right hand and left.
Evil and good are God's right hand and left.
Wicked acts are accustomed to be done with impunity for the mere
desire of occupation.
[Lat., Solent occupationis read more
Wicked acts are accustomed to be done with impunity for the mere
desire of occupation.
[Lat., Solent occupationis spe vel impune quaedam scelesta
committi.]
They that know no evil will suspect none.
They that know no evil will suspect none.
Evil be to him who evil thinks.
Evil be to him who evil thinks.
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
How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.
How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]