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George Eliot:Pain is no evil unless it conquers


Pain is no evil unless it conquers us.
by George Eliot


Epictetus:There is nothing good or evil save in


There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
by Epictetus


Samuel Johnson:All the arguments which are


All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil.
by Samuel Johnson


Sivananda:Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil


Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time, becomes good at another time to somebody else.
by Sivananda


Chinese Proverb:Mankind fears an evil man but


Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
by Chinese Proverb


Clarence S. Darrow:There is a soul of truth in


There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.
by Clarence S. Darrow


Diogenes Laertius:The only good is knowledge,


The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.
by Diogenes Laertius


Titus Maccius Plautus:Keep what you have; the


Keep what you have; the known evil is best.
by Titus Maccius Plautus


Cicero:If you pursue good with labor, the labor


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.
by Cicero


Horace Mann:If evil is inevitable, how are the


If evil is inevitable, how are the wicked accountable? Nay, why do we call men wicked at all? Evil is inevitable, but is also remediable.
by Horace Mann


Joseph Conrad:The belief in a supernatural


The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
by Joseph Conrad


Euripides:I would prefer as friend a good man


I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.
by Euripides


Heinrich Heine:The fundamental evil of the world


The fundamental evil of the world arose from the fact that the good Lord has not created money enough.
by Heinrich Heine


Carl Jung:Understanding does not cure evil, but


Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, inasmuch as one can cope with a comprehensible darkness.
by Carl Jung


Kabbalah:If there were no strong hand at the


If there were no strong hand at the service of good in the world, evil would multiply.
by Kabbalah


William Penn:To do evil that good may come of it


To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglars in politics as well as mortals.
by William Penn


Pythagoras:The momentous thing in human life is


The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.
by Pythagoras


Seneca:No evil propensity of the human heart is


No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.
by Seneca


Seneca:It is the constant fault and inseparable


It is the constant fault and inseparable evil quality of ambition, that it never looks behind it.
by Seneca


Johann Kaspar Lavater:Be assured those will be


Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
by Johann Kaspar Lavater


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