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Evil beginning houres may end in good.
Evil beginning houres may end in good.
Cursed is the man who dies, but the evil done by him survives.
Cursed is the man who dies, but the evil done by him survives.
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.
Of evils one should choose the least.
[Lat., Ex malis eligere minima oportere.]
Of evils one should choose the least.
[Lat., Ex malis eligere minima oportere.]
From envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness.
From envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness.
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.
Evil is sweet in the beginning but bitter in the end.
Evil is sweet in the beginning but bitter in the end.
They that know no evil will suspect none.
They that know no evil will suspect none.
For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would
not, that I do.
For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would
not, that I do.