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"Cursed is the man who dies, but the evil done by him survives."
Abu Bakr
"Cursed is the man who dies, but the evil done by him survives."
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"If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains."
Marcus Tullius Cicero
"If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains."
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"Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems."
Linus Torvalds
"Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems."
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"Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it."
Baltasar Gracian
"Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it."
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"The greatest evil is physical pain."
Saint Augustine
"The greatest evil is physical pain."
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"Piety is the most solid goodness, and the vilest of what is evil is vice."
Abu Bakr
"Piety is the most solid goodness, and the vilest of what is evil is vice."
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"We all say, 'You don't have to run around playing all these tournaments and trying to conquer the world like Dr. Evil.'"
Stuart Appleby
"We all say, 'You don't have to run around playing all these tournaments and trying to conquer the world like Dr. Evil.'"
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"Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil."
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
"Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil."
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"Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil."
Niccolo Machiavelli
"Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil."
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"To fight against the infidels is Jihad; but to fight against your evil self is greater Jihad."
Abu Bakr
"To fight against the infidels is Jihad; but to fight against your evil self is greater Jihad."
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"All punishment is mischief; all punishment in itself is evil."
Jeremy Bentham
"All punishment is mischief; all punishment in itself is evil."
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"In restoring man from evil sovereignty, we must cheat."
Sun Myung Moon
"In restoring man from evil sovereignty, we must cheat."
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"It is a fact that cannot be denied: the wickedness of others becomes our own wickedness because it kindles something evil in our own hearts."
Carl Jung
"It is a fact that cannot be denied: the wickedness of others becomes our own wickedness because it kindles something evil in our own hearts."
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"He who is in evil, is also in the punishment of evil."
Emanuel Swedenborg
"He who is in evil, is also in the punishment of evil."
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"Where liberty dies, evil grows."
Hamid Karzai
"Where liberty dies, evil grows."
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"I think that technologies are morally neutral until we apply them. It's only when we use them for good or for evil that they become good or evil."
William Gibson
"I think that technologies are morally neutral until we apply them. It's only when we use them for good or for evil that they become good or evil."
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"We are tainted by modern philosophy which has taught us that all is good, whereas evil has polluted everything and in a very real sense all is evil, since nothing is in its proper place."
Joseph de Maistre
"We are tainted by modern philosophy which has taught us that all is good, whereas evil has polluted everything and in a very real sense all is evil, since nothing is in its proper place."
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"Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like."
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
"Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like."
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"Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good."
Thomas Aquinas
"Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good."
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"Conservatives divide the world in terms of good and evil while liberals do it in terms of the rich and poor."
Dennis Prager
"Conservatives divide the world in terms of good and evil while liberals do it in terms of the rich and poor."
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"In order for a man to be truly evil, he must be a woman."
Craig Bruce
"In order for a man to be truly evil, he must be a woman."
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"I've learned a lot about good and evil. They are not always what they appear to be."
Charles Van Doren
"I've learned a lot about good and evil. They are not always what they appear to be."
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"Violence isn't always evil. What's evil is the infatuation with violence."
Jim Morrison
"Violence isn't always evil. What's evil is the infatuation with violence."
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"Taxes are not good things, but if you want services, somebody's got to pay for them so they're a necessary evil."
Michael Bloomberg
"Taxes are not good things, but if you want services, somebody's got to pay for them so they're a necessary evil."
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"Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table."
W. H. Auden
"Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table."
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"Nobody thinks that they're evil or bad, they think that they're doing the right thing."
Andrew McCarthy
"Nobody thinks that they're evil or bad, they think that they're doing the right thing."
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"No one who errs unwillingly is evil."
Sophocles
"No one who errs unwillingly is evil."
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"Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes."
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes."
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"Evil societies always kill their consciences."
James L. Farmer, Jr.
"Evil societies always kill their consciences."
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"Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not."
Mencius
"Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not."
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"The only objects of practical reason are therefore those of good and evil. For by the former is meant an object necessarily desired according to a principle of reason; by the latter one necessarily shunned, also according to a principle of reason."
Immanuel Kant
"The only objects of practical reason are therefore those of good and evil. For by the former is meant an object necessarily desired according to a principle of reason; by the latter one necessarily shunned, also according to a principle of reason."
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"Verily, we know not what an evil it is to indulge ourselves, and to make an idol of our will."
Samuel Rutherford
"Verily, we know not what an evil it is to indulge ourselves, and to make an idol of our will."
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"Of what use is the memory of facts, if not to serve as an example of good or of evil?"
Alfred de Vigny
"Of what use is the memory of facts, if not to serve as an example of good or of evil?"
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"There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil."
Ayn Rand
"There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil."
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"What we call 'evil' doesn't necessarily deserve any kind of respect or understanding, by any means; it just deserves an acknowledgement of its complexity so we can better understand it - so we can help prevent it."
Bryan Singer
"What we call 'evil' doesn't necessarily deserve any kind of respect or understanding, by any means; it just deserves an acknowledgement of its complexity so we can better understand it - so we can help prevent it."
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"He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does mischief to the planner."
Hesiod
"He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does mischief to the planner."
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"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."
W. Somerset Maugham
"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."
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"Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it."
Victor Hugo
"Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it."
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"You can make yourself feel better about yourself if you project your shadow side, if you project your own potential for evil onto someone else. By annihilating them and, therefore, your shadow, you bring yourself into some state of purity or reformation."
Jennifer Beals
"You can make yourself feel better about yourself if you project your shadow side, if you project your own potential for evil onto someone else. By annihilating them and, therefore, your shadow, you bring yourself into some state of purity or reformation."
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"Evil is knowing better, but willingly doing worse."
Philip Zimbardo
"Evil is knowing better, but willingly doing worse."
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"What is evil?" asked the younger man. The round web, with its black center, seemed to watch them both. "A web we men weave." Ged answered."
Ursula K. Le Guin
"What is evil?" asked the younger man. The round web, with its black center, seemed to watch them both. "A web we men weave." Ged answered."
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"Evil is always devising more corrosive misery through man's restless need to exact revenge out of his hate."
Ralph Steadman
"Evil is always devising more corrosive misery through man's restless need to exact revenge out of his hate."
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"Evil requires the sanction of the victim."
Ayn Rand
"Evil requires the sanction of the victim."
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"Here we are in the 70's when everything really is horrible and it really stinks. The mass media, everything on television everything everywhere is just rotten. You know it's just really boring and really evil, ugly and worse."
Lester Bangs
"Here we are in the 70's when everything really is horrible and it really stinks. The mass media, everything on television everything everywhere is just rotten. You know it's just really boring and really evil, ugly and worse."
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"The face of evil is always the face of total need."
William S. Burroughs
"The face of evil is always the face of total need."
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"Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended."
Marcus Fabius Quintilian
"Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended."
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"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent."
Mohandas Gandhi
"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent."
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"No evil can result from its inhibition more pernicious than its toleration."
Martin Van Buren
"No evil can result from its inhibition more pernicious than its toleration."
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"What characterizes a member of a minority group is that he is forced to see himself as both exceptional and insignificant, marvelous and awful, good and evil."
Norman Mailer
"What characterizes a member of a minority group is that he is forced to see himself as both exceptional and insignificant, marvelous and awful, good and evil."
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"The most painful moral struggles are not those between good and evil, but between the good and the lesser good."
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
"The most painful moral struggles are not those between good and evil, but between the good and the lesser good."
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