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"Evil hiding among us is an ancient theme."
John Carpenter
"Evil hiding among us is an ancient theme."
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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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"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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"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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"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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"Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse."
Adlai E. Stevenson
"Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse."
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"This is the very womb and bed of enormity."
Ben Jonson
"This is the very womb and bed of enormity."
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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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"In every man sleeps a prophet, and when he wakes there is a little more evil in the world."
Emile M. Cioran
"In every man sleeps a prophet, and when he wakes there is a little more evil in the world."
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"There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it."
Buddha
"There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it."
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"Evil borders upon good, and vices are confounded with virtues; as the report of good qualities is delightful to a well-disposed mind, so the relation of the contrary should not be offensive."
Giraldus Cambrensis
"Evil borders upon good, and vices are confounded with virtues; as the report of good qualities is delightful to a well-disposed mind, so the relation of the contrary should not be offensive."
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"To do nothing evil is good; to wish nothing evil is better."
Claudius
"To do nothing evil is good; to wish nothing evil is better."
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"It's taken us 10 years, and it was constant excitement. I was constantly shocked by how evil he could be. Mao was very, very shrewd but he didn't have human feeling."
Jung Chang
"It's taken us 10 years, and it was constant excitement. I was constantly shocked by how evil he could be. Mao was very, very shrewd but he didn't have human feeling."
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"That in man which cannot be domesticated is not his evil but his goodness."
Antonio Porchia
"That in man which cannot be domesticated is not his evil but his goodness."
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"Active Evil is better than Passive Good."
William Blake
"Active Evil is better than Passive Good."
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"Don't speak evil of someone if you don't know for certain, and if you do know ask yourself, why am I telling it?"
Johann Kaspar Lavater
"Don't speak evil of someone if you don't know for certain, and if you do know ask yourself, why am I telling it?"
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"The winged words uttered in this House have gone forth to the world, on their mission of good or of evil."
Caleb Cushing
"The winged words uttered in this House have gone forth to the world, on their mission of good or of evil."
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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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"When good befalls a man he calls it Providence, when evil fate."
Knut Hamsun
"When good befalls a man he calls it Providence, when evil fate."
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"Afternoon classes - that evil invention!"
John Gresham Machen
"Afternoon classes - that evil invention!"
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"There is a concept which corrupts and upsets all others.I refer not to Evil, whose limited realm is that of ethics; I refer to the infinite."
Jorge Luis Borges
"There is a concept which corrupts and upsets all others.I refer not to Evil, whose limited realm is that of ethics; I refer to the infinite."
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"An evil person is like a dirty window, they never let the light shine through."
William Makepeace Thackeray
"An evil person is like a dirty window, they never let the light shine through."
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"He uses his good powers for evil, and that's when it gets to the dangerous side of it."
Rosario Dawson
"He uses his good powers for evil, and that's when it gets to the dangerous side of it."
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"In this very real world, good doesn't drive out evil. Evil doesn't drive out good. But the energetic displaces the passive."
William Bernbach
"In this very real world, good doesn't drive out evil. Evil doesn't drive out good. But the energetic displaces the passive."
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"I almost told her everything right then. I wanted to tell her about the Wolves, and how I was supposed to hate them, but when you spend your days with evil, some of it is bound to soak into your clothes, like cigar smoke in a closed room."
Neal Shusterman
"I almost told her everything right then. I wanted to tell her about the Wolves, and how I was supposed to hate them, but when you spend your days with evil, some of it is bound to soak into your clothes, like cigar smoke in a closed room."
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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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"The line between good and evil is permeable and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces."
Philip Zimbardo
"The line between good and evil is permeable and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces."
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"We can overcome evil with greater good."
Laura Bush
"We can overcome evil with greater good."
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"Keep what you have; the known evil is best."
Titus Maccius Plautus
"Keep what you have; the known evil is best."
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"Stupidity always accompanies evil. Or evil, stupidity."
Louise Bogan
"Stupidity always accompanies evil. Or evil, stupidity."
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"A man prone to suspect evil is mostly looking in his neighbor for what he sees in himself."
Augustus Hare
"A man prone to suspect evil is mostly looking in his neighbor for what he sees in himself."
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"Words can sometimes be used to confuse, but it's up to the practitioners of the study of language to apply them for good and not for evil. It is just like fire; fire can heat your house or burn it down."
Frank Luntz
"Words can sometimes be used to confuse, but it's up to the practitioners of the study of language to apply them for good and not for evil. It is just like fire; fire can heat your house or burn it down."
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"January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer's forehead."
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
"January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer's forehead."
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"You can best fight any existing evil from the inside."
Hattie McDaniel
"You can best fight any existing evil from the inside."
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"Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil."
Benjamin Whichcote
"Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and 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."
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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"Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and mistrust even more the person who is indifferent to everything."
Johann Kaspar Lavater
"Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and mistrust even more the person who is indifferent to everything."
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"There's good and evil going on. We have cops. We have robbers."
Joe Mantegna
"There's good and evil going on. We have cops. We have robbers."
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"Race prejudice is not only a shadow over the colored it is a shadow over all of us, and the shadow is darkest over those who feel it least and allow its evil effects to go on."
Pearl S. Buck
"Race prejudice is not only a shadow over the colored it is a shadow over all of us, and the shadow is darkest over those who feel it least and allow its evil effects to go on."
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"To do no evil is good, to intend none better."
Claudius
"To do no evil is good, to intend none better."
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"I believe that dogma is often evil."
Pat Buckley
"I believe that dogma is often evil."
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"I don't think good and evil are polarized."
Sam Mendes
"I don't think good and evil are polarized."
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"Larger deficits are necessary and proper means to mitigate unemployment as the far greater evil in terms of human welfare."
William Vickrey
"Larger deficits are necessary and proper means to mitigate unemployment as the far greater evil in terms of human welfare."
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"There is no possible source of evil except good."
Saint Augustine
"There is no possible source of evil except good."
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"But other vampire stories? Well, no, I really haven't read too many, and I can't say I'm crazy about romantic vampires anyway - to me the vampire is simply an evil monster."
Brian Lumley
"But other vampire stories? Well, no, I really haven't read too many, and I can't say I'm crazy about romantic vampires anyway - to me the vampire is simply an evil monster."
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"I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries."
Marie Curie
"I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries."
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"I have seen and endured the sufferings of the troops, and I can no longer be a party to prolong these sufferings for ends which I believe to be evil and unjust."
Siegfried Sassoon
"I have seen and endured the sufferings of the troops, and I can no longer be a party to prolong these sufferings for ends which I believe to be evil and unjust."
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"Unfortunately our nation, nay, our world, is run by evil morons."
Rudy Rucker
"Unfortunately our nation, nay, our world, is run by evil morons."
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"The evil that we know is best."
Titus Maccius Plautus
"The evil that we know is best."
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"Black frost. The ground is hard, the air tastes bitter. Your stars cluster in evil signs."
Georg Trakl
"Black frost. The ground is hard, the air tastes bitter. Your stars cluster in evil signs."
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