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Evil

«Those that set in motion the forces of evil cannot always control them afterwards.»
«What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents.»
«War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil»
Author: George Orwell (Essayist, Novelist) | About: Evil, War | Keywords: lesser
«To refrain from evil and from strong drink and to be always, steadfast in virtue; this is the good luck.»
«Well! Evil to some is always good to others.»
«We believe no evil till the evil's done»
Author: Jean de La Fontaine (Poet) | About: Belief, Evil
«Violence isn't always evil. What's evil is the infatuation with violence.»
«Whatever our creed, we feel that no good deed can by any possibility go unrewarded, no evil deed unpunished.»
«We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell»
Author: Oscar Wilde (Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet) | About: Devil, Evil, Hell | Keywords: devil, hell, our own
«To great evils we submit; we resent little provocations»
Author: William Hazlitt (Writer) | About: Evil | Keywords: provocations, resent