#evil

If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You will never say a good word about deeds that are evil and disgraceful. ↗

— Aeschylus

#dead #deeds #disgraceful #evil #good

My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man fears everything; but whenever a divine force cheers on our voyage, then we believe that the same fate will always blow fair. ↗

— Aeschylus

#believe #blow #cheers #comes #divine

The evils of mortals are manifold; nowhere is trouble of the same wing seen. ↗

— Aeschylus

#manifold #mortals #nowhere #same #seen

Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin. ↗

— Aesop

#evil #grow #grow up #ruin #seed

Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#cannot #evil #get #money #more

It will never do to plead sin as an excuse for sin, or to attempt to justify sinful acts by pleading that we have an evil heart. This instead of being a valid apology, is the very ground of our condemnation. ↗

— Archibald Alexander

#apology #attempt #being #condemnation #evil

I believe you can make forces of good and evil work for you, to get what you want. ↗

— GG Allin

#evil #forces #get #good #good and evil

I am the worst influence. If you can't handle your vices, then I am the Devil. ↗

— Tori Amos

#devil #handle #i #i am #influence

In a certain sense, this guy - who is one of the most evil people in the book - he's not really that bad at running the show, because he knows what he's doing, he's smart and he's got the big picture in mind. He's like the Godfather. ↗

— Kevin J. Anderson

#because #big #big picture #book #certain

I do not consider divorce an evil by any means. It is just as much a refuge for women married to brutal men as Canada was to the slaves of brutal masters. ↗

— Susan B. Anthony

#brutal #canada #consider #divorce #evil