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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!]
No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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.
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 wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold
as a lion.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold
as a lion.
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.
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?
