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It is a statistical fact that the wicked work harder to reach hell than the righteous do to enter heaven.
It is a statistical fact that the wicked work harder to reach hell than the righteous do to enter heaven.
Two starving men cannot be twice as hungry as one; but two
rascals can be ten times as vicious read more
Two starving men cannot be twice as hungry as one; but two
rascals can be ten times as vicious as one.
No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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.
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!]
One man's wickedness may easily become all men's curse.
One man's wickedness may easily become all men's curse.
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from
the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon read more
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from
the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
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 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.