“No man, perhaps, is so wicked as to commit evil for its own sake. Evil is generally committed under the hope of some advantage the pursuit of virtue seldom obtains. Yet the most successful result of the most virtuous heroism is never without its alloy.” MenEvilResultsVirtueSuccessfulAdvantageSakeCommittedPursuitCommitWickedVirtuousHeroism Author:Benjamin Haydon
“All government is an evil, but, of the two form's of that evil, democracy or monarchy, the sounder is monarchy; the more able to do its will, democracy.” TwoGovernmentAbleFormEvilDemocracyMonarchySounder Book:Correspondence and Table-talk: With a Memoir Source: Correspondence and Table-talk: With a Memoir
“There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil.” HumansEvilHuman NatureInherentPropensity Book:Life of Benjamin Robert Haydon, historical painter Source: Life of Benjamin Robert Haydon, historical painter
