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

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

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

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