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Evil

The devil tempts all men, but idle men tempt the devil. – Arabic Proverb

Speak of the Devil and he appears. – Italian Proverb

Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree. – Proverb

Speak the truth and shame the devil. – Proverb

By bravely enduring it, an evil which cannot be avoided is overcome – Proverb

The love of evil is the root of all money. – Proverb

Of two evils, it is always best to vote for the least hypocritical. – Proverb

There is a strange interdependence between thoughtlessness and evil. – Hannah Arendt

No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye. – Aristotle

Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table. – W. H. Auden

I and the public know
What all schoolchildren learn,
Those to whom evil is done
Do evil in return. – W. H. Auden

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he doesnt exist – Charles Baudelaire

There is a method in mans wickedness; it grows up by degrees. – Francis Beaumont

Nothing in the nature around us is evil. This needs to be repeated since one of the human ways of talking oneself into inhuman acts is to cite the supposed cruelty of nature. – John Berger

Overcome evil with good. St. Paul – Bible

No evil shall happen to the just. – Bible

Whoever rewards evil for good, evil will not depart from their house. – Bible

Before man is life and death, good and evil; that which he shall choose shall be given him. Ecclesiasticus – Bible

It is a statistical fact that the wicked work harder to reach hell than the righteous do to enter heaven. – Josh Billings