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Inasmuch as ill-deeds spring up as a spontaneous crop, they are
easy to learn.
[Sp., Como el hacer read more
Inasmuch as ill-deeds spring up as a spontaneous crop, they are
easy to learn.
[Sp., Como el hacer mal viene de natural cosecha, facilmente se
aprende el hacerle.]
Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the
world, why, as though living in the read more
Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the
world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to
ordinances,
(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments
and doctrines of men?
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
The world, the flesh, the devil.
The world, the flesh, the devil.
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
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
The Evil One has left, the evil ones remain.
[Ger., Den Bosen sind sie los, die Bosen sind geblieben.]
The Evil One has left, the evil ones remain.
[Ger., Den Bosen sind sie los, die Bosen sind geblieben.]
All evils are equal when they are extreme.
All evils are equal when they are extreme.