I and the public know What all schoolchildren learn,Those

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

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Evil
category

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

Category:
Evil

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

Category:
Evil

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

Category:
Evil

No evil shall happen to the just. – Bible

Category:
Evil

Random Quotes

Charm is… a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question. – Albert Camus, The Fall, 1956

Category:
Charm

Art is born of humiliation. – W. H. Auden

Category:
Art

Every duty which is bidden to wait returns with seven fresh duties at its back. – Charles Kingsley

Category:
Procrastination

Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so much attention that a husband and wife, concentrating on their children, fail to notice each others faults. – Richard Armour

Category:
Marriage