I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
-Jonathan Swift
Quotations
Evil
Evil men sprout like weeds in the sun, like weeds that spread all through the garden. Their roots wrap round the stones and hold fast to every rock.
-Jesus Christ
Has a man the right to kill himself? Yes, if his death harms no one and if life is an evil to him.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil.
-Ayn Rand
The proper way to resist evil is to absolutely refuse to do evil either for one’s self or for others.
-Leo Tolstoy
Make haste in doing good; check your mind from evil; for the mind of him who is slow in doing meritorious actions delights in evil.
-Dhammapada "Dhammapada"
We can never choose evil. We always choose the good, and nothing can be good for us without being good for all.
-Jean Paul Sartre
It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe that lures him to evil ways.
-Gautama Buddha
Apologies only account for the evils which they cannot alter.
-Benjamin Disraeli
When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
