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Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree.
Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree.
How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.
How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.
Evil spelled backward is live.
Evil spelled backward is live.
Evil is sweet in the beginning but bitter in the end.
Evil is sweet in the beginning but bitter in the end.
From envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness.
From envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness.
It is a sin to believe in the evil of others, but it is seldom a mistake.
It is a sin to believe in the evil of others, but it is seldom a mistake.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before.
When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before.
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
