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Evil Quotes - Page 187

Whatever evil a man may think of women, there is no woman but thinks more.

Whatever evil a man may think of women, there is no woman but thinks more.

Sébastien-Roch-Nicolas Chamfort (1902). “The Cynic's Breviary: Maxims and Anecdotes from Nicolas de Chamfort”

Selfishness is the root and source of all natural and moral evils.

Nathanael Emmons (1860). “The Works of Nathanael Emmons, D.D., Third Pastor of the Church in Franklin, Mass: With a Memoir of His Life”, p.195

It is important to appreciate beauty, even when it is evil.

"The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms". Book by N. K. Jemisin, Orbit Books, Chapter 7, p. 75, 2010.

If religion cannot restrain evil, it cannot claim effective power for good.

"The dark side of religion". Essay by Morris Raphael Cohen published in "Religion from Tolstoy to Camus" edited by Walter Kaufmann (p. 294), 1964.

Don't Mormons believe that Jesus and the devil are brothers?

"Huckabee Is Not Alone in Ignorance on Mormonism". www.nytimes.com. December 14, 2007.

An evil deed is better left undone, for a man repents of it afterwards; a good deed is better done, for having done it, one does not repent.

Max Muller (2013). “Sacred Books of the East: Including Selections from the Vedic Hymns, Zend-Avesta, Dhammapada, Upanishads, the Koran, and the Life of Buddha”, p.160, Lulu Press, Inc

The corruption of the best is the worst.

Agnes Maude Royden (1924). “Sex and Common-sense”, p.5, Reprofis LLC

If you want to be your own master ... always be surprised by evil; never anticipate it.

Mary McCarthy (2017). “Mary McCarthy: Novels 1963-1979”, p.441, Library of America

Everything I was afraid of when I was growing up, I've become. I've taken on my nightmares, like the devil and the end of the world, and I've become those things.

"A Dangerous Man? Marilyn Manson Says He’s Become His Own Nightmares". Interview with Dan Aquilante, nypost.com. November 17, 2000.