Quotes About Evil

Credit leads a man into temptation. Cash down is the only thing that will deliver him from evil.

I dream of a true husband—a good man, not a brute, nor a champion of men on the battlefield; I dream but of a gentle man, one who neither speaks too loud nor ignores evil.

A criminal becomes a popular figure because he unburdens in no small degree the consciences of his fellow man, for now they know once more where evil is to be found.

All men are evil and will declare themselves to be so when occasion is offered.

Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to no other evil more certain than ill temper.

There is poison in the fang of the serpent, in the mouth of the fly and in the sting of a scorpion; but the wicked man is saturated with it.

If half an onion is black with rot, it is a rotten onion. A man is good or he is evil. (Melisandre of Asshai)

Evil draws men together.

Calvin: Do you believe in the Devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man? Hobbes: I'm not sure man needs the help.

It is the evil in man that makes democracy necessary, and man's belief in justice that makes democracy possible.

Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means, without sinning against his own soul. The evil effect on himself is certain.

Sin in a wicked man is like poison in a serpent; it is in its natural place.

Neither evil tongues, rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all the dreary intercourse of daily life, shall ever prevail against us.

There is a method in man's wickedness; it grows up by degrees.

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

For neither man nor angel can discern hypocrisy, the only evil that walks invisible, except to God alone.

Religion holds a man back from the path, prevents his stepping forward, for various very plain reasons. First, it makes the vital mistake of distinguishing between good and evil.

How long do you want these messages to remain secret?[...] +I want them to remain secret for as long as men are capable of evil.

It tells you that evil is a virus!

You've even created religions that tell you that you are born in sin—that you are sinners at birth—in order to convince yourselves of your own evil.

The only thing big about a demon is its mouth. Demons

It was a war of evil against lesser evil.

All these people want is a chance for the future, a chance they will follow with a strict consequentness [sic]. They will resent pity, they will be suspicious of oversolicitousness. They have seen man from his most evil side, who can blame them for being suspicious? They will resent having somebody plan every little detail for them. And in all fairness, who can blame them for that? Have they not lived in the land of the dead and so what can be so terrifying about the land of the living?

La retórica europea de los nazis halló especial resonancia en todos aquellos conservadores para quienes el dominio alemán parecía un mal menor frente al comunismo soviético.