Evil Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about evil.

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

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It is strange the lightness with which evildoers believe that everything will turn out well for them.

Karl Kraus

Karl Kraus

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The devil is optimistic if he believes he can make man even worse.

Clive Staples Lewis

Clive Staples Lewis

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No man knows how bad he is until he has tried to be good. You can only know the strength of a wind by trying to walk against it, not by letting it carry you.

Bob Marley

Bob Marley

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Those who try to make this world a worse place don't even take a day off. Why should I? We must illuminate the darkness.

Alfred de Musset

Alfred de Musset

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Evil exists, but not without good, just as shadow exists, but not without light.

Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine

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A bad cause will always be defended with bad means and by bad men.

Benito Pérez Galdós

Benito Pérez Galdós

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Evil, in whatever form it may take within the human, has no significance for a strong, poised, and self-assured soul.

Pliny the Younger

Pliny the Younger

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The greatest number of the evils that man suffers come from man himself.

Madame Roland

Madame Roland

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Nothing can be accepted from an evildoer, lest one becomes debased.

José Saramago

José Saramago

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Things go wrong if they lack the touch of human skin.

Jean Paul Sartre

Jean Paul Sartre

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The most boring thing about evil is that it gets you used to it.

Mae West

Mae West

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When I have to choose between two evils, I always prefer the one I haven't tried.