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He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

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Being a hooker does not mean being evil. The same with a pick-pocket, or even a thief. You do what you do out of necessity. ↗

— Samuel Fuller

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The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

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With devotion's visage and pious action we do sugar o'er the devil himself. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

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A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the devil's policy to keep the masses of mankind in ignorance; but finding that they will read, he is doing all in his power to poison their books. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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There is something mean in human nature that prefers to think evil, that gives a willing ear and a ready welcome to calumny, a sort of jealousy of goodness and greatness and things of good report. ↗

— Richard Le Gallienne

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I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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I do all the evil I can before I learn to shun it? Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been know to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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