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Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024
the Week of Proper 8 / Ordinary 13
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Quotations regarding 'Evil'

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An evil person is like a dirty window, they never let the light shine through.
William Makepeace Thackeray, English Novelist (1811-1863)
I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.
Margaret Thatcher, English Leader (1925-  )
It's not that Good doesn't triumph over Evil, it's that the point spread is too small.
Bob Thaves, American Cartoonist (1924-2006)
It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.
Henry David Thoreau, American Author (1817-1862)
There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
Henry David Thoreau, American Author (1817-1862)
Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems.
Linus Torvalds, Finnish Businessman (1969-  )
I can not think of any circumstances in which advertising would not be an evil.
Arnold J. Toynbee, British Historian (1889-1975)
Black frost. The ground is hard, the air tastes bitter. Your stars cluster in evil signs.
Georg Trakl, Austrian Poet (1887-1914)
The real evil with which we have to contend is not the physical evil of the Famine, but the moral evil of the selfish, perverse and turbulent character of the people.
Charles E. Trevelyan, -
More than anything, there are more images in evil. Evil is based far more on the visual, whereas good has no good images at all.
Lars von Trier, Danish Director (1956-  )
The lack of money is the root of all evil.
Mark Twain, American Author (1835-1910)
Work is a necessary evil to be avoided.
Mark Twain, American Author (1835-1910)
I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any.
Lao Tzu, Philosopher
Every minute you are thinking of evil, you might have been thinking of good instead. Refuse to pander to a morbid interest in your own misdeeds. Pick yourself up, be sorry, shake yourself, and go on again.
Evelyn Underhill, English Writer (1875-1941)
The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition.
Marquis De Vauvenargues, -
Larger deficits are necessary and proper means to mitigate unemployment as the far greater evil in terms of human welfare.
William Vickrey, Canadian Educator (1914-1996)
Of what use is the memory of facts, if not to serve as an example of good or of evil?
Alfred de Vigny, French Poet (1797-1863)
If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value; but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.
Swami Vivekananda, Indian Clergyman (1863-1902)
I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
Voltaire, French Writer (1694-1778)
Behind the man is the Tree of Life, bearing twelve fruits, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is behind the woman; the serpent is twining round it.
Arthur E. Waite, -
 
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