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Destroy his fib, or sophistry--in vain!
The creature's at his dirty work again.
Destroy his fib, or sophistry--in vain!
The creature's at his dirty work again.
It's so easy to be wicked without knowing it, isn't it?
It's so easy to be wicked without knowing it, isn't it?
Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attraction of others.
Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attraction of others.
No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
The world loves a spice of wickedness.
The world loves a spice of wickedness.
The giving of riches and honors to a wicked man is like giving strong wine to him that hath a read more
The giving of riches and honors to a wicked man is like giving strong wine to him that hath a fever.
There is a method in man's wickedness; it grows up by degrees.
There is a method in man's wickedness; it grows up by degrees.
There is wickedness in the intention of wickedness, even though it be not perpetrated in the act.
There is wickedness in the intention of wickedness, even though it be not perpetrated in the act.
Oh, the blind counsels of the guilty!
Oh, how cowardly is wickedness always!
[Lat., O caeca nocentum read more
Oh, the blind counsels of the guilty!
Oh, how cowardly is wickedness always!
[Lat., O caeca nocentum consilia!
O semper timidum scelus!]