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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.
This is the very worst wickedness, that we refuse to acknowledge the passionate evil that is in us. This makes read more
This is the very worst wickedness, that we refuse to acknowledge the passionate evil that is in us. This makes us secret and rotten.
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.
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.
It is a sin to believe in the evil of others, but it is seldom a mistake.
It is a sin to believe in the evil of others, but it is seldom a mistake.
Evil events from evil causes spring.
Evil events from evil causes spring.
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Evil and good are God's right hand and left.
Evil and good are God's right hand and left.
