#evil

Our cautious ancestors, when yawning, blocked the way to the entrance of evil spirits by putting their hands before their mouths. We find a reason for the gesture in the delicacy of manner which forbids an indecent exposure. ↗

— George H. Mead

#before #blocked #cautious #delicacy #entrance

It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good. ↗

— Margaret Mead

#evil #good #label #lesser #may

Alimony - the ransom that the happy pay to the devil. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#devil #happy #pay

Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil. ↗

— Menander

#face #marriage #necessary #necessary evil #truth

A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#conscience #evil #parents #penance #prison

I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#evil #government #i #i believe #i believe that

There's good and bad in everybody. I wasn't looking for the good, or looking for the bad. This is a man who signed his pact with the devil 20 years ago, and he's learned to live with it. He's tried to protect his family from it. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#bad #devil #everybody #family #good

Onstage, I am a devil. But I'm hardly a social reject. ↗

— Freddie Mercury

#devil #hardly #i #i am #onstage

The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of adding unnecessarily to its power. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#evil #government #great #great evil #interference

We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavouring to stifle is a false opinion; and even if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#even #evil #false #never #opinion