I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
-Jonathan Swift
Quotations
Evil
Is evil something you are? Or is it something you do?
-Breet Easton Ellis
"American Psycho"
I cannot and will not believe that evil is man’s natural state.
-Fyodor M. Dostoevsky
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
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"
It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe that lures him to evil ways.
-Gautama Buddha
Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.
-Terry Pratchett
"I Shall Wear Midnight"
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
-Hannah Arendt
Apologies only account for the evils which they cannot alter.
-Benjamin Disraeli
There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil.
-Ayn Rand
