If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.
-Epicurus
Quotations
Evil
Apologies only account for the evils which they cannot alter.
-Benjamin Disraeli
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
It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe that lures him to evil ways.
-Gautama Buddha
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
-Jonathan Swift
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
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
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
-Hannah Arendt
When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
