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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.
Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
Every evil in the bud is easily crushed; as it grows older, it
becomes stronger.
[Lat., Omne malum read more
Every evil in the bud is easily crushed; as it grows older, it
becomes stronger.
[Lat., Omne malum nascens facile opprimitur; inveteratum fit
pleurumque robustius.]
What we call evil is simply ignorance bumping its head in the
dark.
What we call evil is simply ignorance bumping its head in the
dark.
There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the read more
There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless.
Evil beginning houres may end in good.
Evil beginning houres may end in good.
There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.
There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.
All evils are equal when they are extreme.
All evils are equal when they are extreme.
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put
darkness for light, and light for darkness; read more
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put
darkness for light, and light for darkness; they put bitter for
sweet, and sweet for bitter!