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!]

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.

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.

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.

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.

One man's wickedness may easily become all men's curse.

One man's wickedness may easily become all men's curse.

Mental stains can not be removed by time, nor washed away by any
waters.
[Lat., Animi labes nec read more

Mental stains can not be removed by time, nor washed away by any
waters.
[Lat., Animi labes nec diuturnitate vanescere nec omnibus ullis
elui potest.]

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.

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.