As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from read more

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.

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

All evils are equal when they are extreme.
[Fr., Et tous maux sont pareils alors qu'ils sont extremes.]

All evils are equal when they are extreme.
[Fr., Et tous maux sont pareils alors qu'ils sont extremes.]

Every evil in the bud is easily crushed; as it grows older, it
becomes stronger.
[Lat., Omne malum read more

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.]

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.

Cursed is the man who dies, but the evil done by him survives.

Cursed is the man who dies, but the evil done by him survives.

I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.

I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.

He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.