<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Evil - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66898]]></link><description><![CDATA[To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66819]]></link><description><![CDATA[How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evil requires the sanction of the victim. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65177]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evil requires the sanction of the victim.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64155]]></link><description><![CDATA[As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cursed is the man who dies, but the evil done by him survives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63863]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cursed is the man who dies, but the evil done by him survives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be good to others, that will protect you against evil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63862]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be good to others, that will protect you against evil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evil is whatever distracts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63534]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evil is whatever distracts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63009]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a power stronger than will. Could a stone escape from the laws of gravity? Impossible. Impossible, for evil ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14322]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a power stronger than will. Could a stone escape from the laws of gravity? Impossible. Impossible, for evil to form an alliance with good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14323]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the very worst wickedness, that we refuse to acknowledge the passionate evil that is in us. This makes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14324]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the very worst wickedness, that we refuse to acknowledge the passionate evil that is in us. This makes us secret and rotten.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evil is something you recognize immediately you see it: it works through charm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14325]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evil is something you recognize immediately you see it: it works through charm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every sin is the result of a collaboration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14326]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every sin is the result of a collaboration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14327]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing baffles the schemes of evil people so much as the calm composure of great souls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing baffles the schemes of evil people so much as the calm composure of great souls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The love of evil is the root of all money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14329]]></link><description><![CDATA[The love of evil is the root of all money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14330]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evil is always possible. Goodness is a difficulty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evil is always possible. Goodness is a difficulty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of two evils, choose neither. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of two evils, choose neither.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evil spelled backward is live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14333]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evil spelled backward is live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can be no existence of evil as a force to the healthy-minded individual. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14320]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be no existence of evil as a force to the healthy-minded individual.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is hardly a man clever enough to recognize the full extent of the evil he does. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14321]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is hardly a man clever enough to recognize the full extent of the evil he does.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inasmuch as ill-deeds spring up as a spontaneous crop, they are easy to learn. [Sp., Como el hacer mal viene ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14301]]></link><description><![CDATA[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.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of evils one should choose the least. [Lat., Ex malis eligere minima oportere.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of evils one should choose the least. [Lat., Ex malis eligere minima oportere.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every evil in the bud is easily crushed; as it grows older, it becomes stronger. [Lat., Omne malum nascens facile ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14303]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every evil in the bud is easily crushed; as it grows older, it becomes stronger. [Lat., Omne malum nascens facile opprimitur; inveteratum fit pleurumque robustius.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All evils are equal when they are extreme. [Fr., Et tous maux sont pareils alors qu'ils sont extremes.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14304]]></link><description><![CDATA[All evils are equal when they are extreme. [Fr., Et tous maux sont pareils alors qu'ils sont extremes.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three sparks--pride, envy, and avarice--have been kindled in all hearts. [It., Superbia, invidia ed avarizia sono  Le tre faville ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three sparks--pride, envy, and avarice--have been kindled in all hearts. [It., Superbia, invidia ed avarizia sono  Le tre faville che hanno i cori accesi.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14306]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of two evils choose the least. [Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of two evils choose the least. [Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we call evil is simply ignorance bumping its head in the dark. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14308]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we call evil is simply ignorance bumping its head in the dark.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Evil One has left, the evil ones remain. [Ger., Den Bosen sind sie los, die Bosen sind geblieben.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14309]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Evil One has left, the evil ones remain. [Ger., Den Bosen sind sie los, die Bosen sind geblieben.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14310]]></link><description><![CDATA[May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evil is sweet in the beginning but bitter in the end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evil is sweet in the beginning but bitter in the end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a sin to believe in the evil of others, but it is seldom a mistake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14312]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a sin to believe in the evil of others, but it is seldom a mistake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14314]]></link><description><![CDATA[I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always the product of an art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always the product of an art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14316]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14317]]></link><description><![CDATA[There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14300]]></link><description><![CDATA[States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger. They could provide these arms to terrorists, giving them the means to match their hatred. They could attack our allies or attempt to blackmail the United States. In any of these cases, the price of indifference would be catastrophic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is necessary only for the good man to do nothing for evil to triumph. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14299]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is necessary only for the good man to do nothing for evil to triumph.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who does not punish evil commands it to be done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14284]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is extreme evil to depart from the company of the living before you die ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14285]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is extreme evil to depart from the company of the living before you die]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wicked acts are accustomed to be done with impunity for the mere desire of occupation. [Lat., Solent occupationis spe vel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wicked acts are accustomed to be done with impunity for the mere desire of occupation. [Lat., Solent occupationis spe vel impune quaedam scelesta committi.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evil events from evil causes spring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14287]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evil events from evil causes spring.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evil and good are God's right hand and left. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evil and good are God's right hand and left.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evil beginning houres may end in good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evil beginning houres may end in good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14290]]></link><description><![CDATA[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?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14290</guid></item></channel></rss>