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"Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them."

"Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them."

Nathaniel Hawthorne, American Novelist

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"Keep what you have; the known evil is best."

"Keep what you have; the known evil is best."

Titus Maccius Plautus, Roman Poet

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"Larger deficits are necessary and proper means to mitigate unemployment as the far greater evil in terms of human welfare."

"Larger deficits are necessary and proper means to mitigate unemployment as the far greater evil in terms of human welfare."

William Vickrey, Canadian Educator

Evil, Unemployment, Welfare

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"We are all born marked for evil."

"We are all born marked for evil."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

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"The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel is most evil for him who counsels it."

"The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel is most evil for him who counsels it."

Hesiod, Greek Poet

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"I can pretty much get in touch with my evil side pretty easily."

"I can pretty much get in touch with my evil side pretty easily."

Kelly Hu, American Actress

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"Right now, my favorite game is Resident Evil 2."

"Right now, my favorite game is Resident Evil 2."

Shane West, American Actor

Evil, Favorite, Now, Right

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"Unfortunately our nation, nay, our world, is run by evil morons."

"Unfortunately our nation, nay, our world, is run by evil morons."

Rudy Rucker, American Scientist

Evil, Nation, World

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"Little evil would be done in the world if evil never could be done in the name of good."

"Little evil would be done in the world if evil never could be done in the name of good."

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian Novelist

Evil, Name, World

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"Dialogue is a necessary evil."

"Dialogue is a necessary evil."

Fred Zinnemann, American Director

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"We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavouring to stifle is a false opinion; and even if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still."

"We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavouring to stifle is a false opinion; and even if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still."

John Stuart Mill, English Philosopher

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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."

"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, English Writer

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"How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging wrongly!"

"How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging wrongly!"

Elizabeth Gaskell, British Novelist

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"The task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with activity."

"The task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with activity."

Maria Montessori, Italian Educator

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"The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil."

"The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil."

Plutarch, Greek Philosopher

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"Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil."

"Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil."

Jerry Garcia, American Musician

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"This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man."

"This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man."

Edwin Hubbel Chapin, American Clergyman

Evil, Man, Vice

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"I think that episode in the third season was great. I'm really glad that we did that. He got to sleep with Sydney and kill Evil Francie and go on a mission and pretend he's a rock star."

"I think that episode in the third season was great. I'm really glad that we did that. He got to sleep with Sydney and kill Evil Francie and go on a mission and pretend he's a rock star."

Bradley Cooper, American Actor

Evil, Mission, Sleep

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"That some are poorer than others, ever was and ever will be: And that many are naturally querulous and envious, is an Evil as old as the World."

"That some are poorer than others, ever was and ever will be: And that many are naturally querulous and envious, is an Evil as old as the World."

William Petty, English Economist

Evil, Old, Will, World

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"Where there is mystery, it is generally suspected there must also be evil."

"Where there is mystery, it is generally suspected there must also be evil."

Lord Byron, British Poet

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"There is no possible source of evil except good."

"There is no possible source of evil except good."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

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"We have seen the evil of the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in our midst; let us try prohibition and see what this will do for us."

"We have seen the evil of the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in our midst; let us try prohibition and see what this will do for us."

Thomas Jordan Jarvis, American Politician

Evil, Prohibition, Will

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"The most painful moral struggles are not those between good and evil, but between the good and the lesser good."

"The most painful moral struggles are not those between good and evil, but between the good and the lesser good."

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, American Writer

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"Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man."

"Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man."

Hesiod, Greek Poet

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"Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed."

"Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Evil, Will, Wrong

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"When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil."

"When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil."

Max Lerner, American Journalist

15

"I don't think good and evil are polarized."

"I don't think good and evil are polarized."

Sam Mendes, British Director

15

"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."

"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, American Novelist

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"Everything understood by the term co-operation is in some sense an evil."

"Everything understood by the term co-operation is in some sense an evil."

William Godwin, English Writer

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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."

"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, American Novelist

Evil, Prejudice, Race, Shadow

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"You seem to think that the only genuine existence evil can have is conscious existence - that no one is evil unless he admits it to himself. I disagree."

"You seem to think that the only genuine existence evil can have is conscious existence - that no one is evil unless he admits it to himself. I disagree."

Gene Wolfe, American Writer

Evil, Existence

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"I believe that dogma is often evil."

"I believe that dogma is often evil."

Pat Buckley, Irish Clergyman

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"We can overcome evil with greater good."

"We can overcome evil with greater good."

Laura Bush, American First Lady

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"I profess accurately to describe native Africa - Africa in those places where it has not received the slightest impulse, whether for good or evil, from European civilisation."

"I profess accurately to describe native Africa - Africa in those places where it has not received the slightest impulse, whether for good or evil, from European civilisation."

John H. Speke, British Explorer

14

"Transportation made sublimation literal. It conveyed evil to another world."

"Transportation made sublimation literal. It conveyed evil to another world."

Robert Hughes, Australian Critic

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"This is the very worst wickedness, that we refuse to acknowledge the passionate evil that is in us. This makes us secret and rotten."

"This is the very worst wickedness, that we refuse to acknowledge the passionate evil that is in us. This makes us secret and rotten."

David Herbert Lawrence, English Writer

Evil, Wickedness

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"It is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject as I am in mine."

"It is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject as I am in mine."

Charles Darwin, English Scientist

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"It is a great evil, as well as a misfortune, to be unable to utter a prompt and decided 'no'."

"It is a great evil, as well as a misfortune, to be unable to utter a prompt and decided 'no'."

Charles Simmons, American Author

Evil, Misfortune

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"Evil be to him who evil thinks."

"Evil be to him who evil thinks."

Edward II, English Royalty

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"January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer's forehead."

"January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer's forehead."

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, French Novelist

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"I hold with Henry George, that at the back of every great social evil will be found a great political wrong."

"I hold with Henry George, that at the back of every great social evil will be found a great political wrong."

Alfred Russel Wallace, British Scientist

Evil, Will, Wrong

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"Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet understood, nor overlook the mercies often bound up in them."

"Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet understood, nor overlook the mercies often bound up in them."

Horace Mann, American Educator

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"She's so small, yet she contains so much evil."

"She's so small, yet she contains so much evil."

Christopher Moore, American Novelist

Evil, Appearance, Contrast, Darkness

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"Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one."

"Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one."

Jean de La Fontaine, French Poet

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"Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint."

"Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

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"There's good and evil going on. We have cops. We have robbers."

"There's good and evil going on. We have cops. We have robbers."

Joe Mantegna, American Actor

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"I think there are some very evil things about gentrification."

"I think there are some very evil things about gentrification."

Jim McKay, American Journalist

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"The way I understand it, the Russians are sort of a combination of evil and incompetence... sort of like the Post Office with tanks."

"The way I understand it, the Russians are sort of a combination of evil and incompetence... sort of like the Post Office with tanks."

Emo Philips, American Comedian

Evil, Incompetence, Office, Post

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"We will fight evil, but we will do it from above 15,000 feet."

"We will fight evil, but we will do it from above 15,000 feet."

Pat Roberts, American Politician

Evil, Feet, Fight, Will

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"Indifference, to me, is the epitome of evil."

"Indifference, to me, is the epitome of evil."

Elie Wiesel, American Novelist

Evil, Indifference

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