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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.]
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men
to do nothing.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men
to do nothing.
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.
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.
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
It is necessary only for the good man to do nothing for evil to
triumph.
It is necessary only for the good man to do nothing for evil to
triumph.
What we call evil is simply ignorance bumping its head in the
dark.
What we call evil is simply ignorance bumping its head in the
dark.
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
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.]