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Evil and good are God's right hand and left.
Evil and good are God's right hand and left.
Evil be to him who evil thinks.
Evil be to him who evil thinks.
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.]
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.
Be good to others, that will protect you against evil.
Be good to others, that will protect you against evil.
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.
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.
The world, the flesh, the devil.
The world, the flesh, the devil.
It is extreme evil to depart from the company of the living before you die
It is extreme evil to depart from the company of the living before you die