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Letter "E" » Evil
«The evil that men do lives on the front pages of greedy newspapers, but the good is oft interred apathetically inside»
Author: Brooks Atkinson
(Critic, Journalist)
| About:
Evil
| Keywords:
apathetically, greedy, interred, pages, The Front, The Front Page
«The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good.»
Author: John Locke
(Philosopher)
| About:
Action,
Evil,
Religion
| Keywords:
dread, forcible, prospect
«The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel is most evil for him who counsels it.»
«The first evil choice or act is linked to the second; and each one to the one that follows, both by the tendency of our evil nature and by the power of habit, which holds us as by a destiny»
«The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition.»
«The greatest of all evils is a weak government»
«The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.»
Author: Albert Camus
(Essayist, Novelist, Playwright)
| About:
Evil,
Ignorance,
Intention,
Understanding
| Keywords:
Almost always, harm, intentions, lack, malevolence
«The lack of money is the root of all evil.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| About:
Evil,
Money
| Keywords:
lack, root
«The fundamental evil of the world arose from the fact that the good Lord has not created money enough.»
«The devil was the first democrat»
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