#evil

This persistence as private firms continued because it ensured the maximum of anonymity and secrecy to persons of tremendous public power who dreaded public knowledge of their activities as an evil almost as great as inflation. ↗

— Carroll Quigley

#almost #anonymity #because #continued #dreaded

Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended. ↗

— Quintilian

#easily #evil #habits #mended #more

He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity. ↗

— Quintilian

#does #evil #his #lacks #only

Getting back to the point, a guy like Jerry, he deals with the business, and he doesn't see it as being evil or ugly, it's what you have to do, and I mean I know there's some really ugly parts to it and parts which drive me nuts, but not in the same way as music business. ↗

— Trevor Rabin

#being #business #deals #drive #evil

Tell the truth and shame the devil. ↗

— Francois Rabelais

#shame #tell #truth

You know how I think they choose people for Gryffindor team?" said Malfoy loudly a few minutes later, as Snape awarded Hufflepuff another penalty for now reason at all. "It's people they feel sorry for. See, there's Potter, who's got no parents, then there's the Weasleys, who've got no money - you should be on the team, Longbottom, you've got no brains. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#funny #longbottom #malfoy #neville #funny

I'm not certain, but I have a little gypsy blood in me. And my mother always told me that her grandma could give someone the evil eye, and I'd better not cross her because she had some of that blood in her. Mother always believed that she could predict the future, and she had dreams that came true. ↗

— Sam Raimi

#because #believed #better #blood #came

There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#every #evil #issue #middle #other

Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper's bell of an approaching looter. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#approaching #bell #evil #leper #life

Evil requires the sanction of the victim. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#requires #sanction #victim