#evil

Forcible ways make not an end of evil, but leave hatred and malice behind them. ↗

— Thomas Browne

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Classical tragedy was the war between good and evil. We wanted evil to be defeated and good to be victorious. But the battle in modern tragedy is between good and good. And no matter which side wins, we'll still be heartbroken. ↗

— Asghar Farhadi

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Evil societies always kill their consciences. ↗

— James L. Farmer, Jr.

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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. ↗

— Edmund Burke

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But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint. ↗

— Edmund Burke

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One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good. ↗

— Edmund Burke

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The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come to the knowledge of good and evil it is stronger, but we care less about it. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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I am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one of my roles. But I am not the devil either. I am a woman and a serious artist, and I would like so to be judged. ↗

— Maria Callas

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A great book is like great evil. ↗

— Callimachus

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Augustine does not disagree with this when he teaches that it is a faculty of the reason and the will to choose good with the assistance of grace; evil, when grace is absent. ↗

— John Calvin

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