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Evil beginning houres may end in good.
Evil beginning houres may end in good.
There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.
There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
Of evils one should choose the least.
[Lat., Ex malis eligere minima oportere.]
Of evils one should choose the least.
[Lat., Ex malis eligere minima oportere.]
We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell
We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell
This is the very worst wickedness, that we refuse to acknowledge the passionate evil that is in us. This makes read more
This is the very worst wickedness, that we refuse to acknowledge the passionate evil that is in us. This makes us secret and rotten.
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Evil events from evil causes spring.
Evil events from evil causes spring.
To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of read more
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.