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Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The first lesson of history is that evil is good.”

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American essayist, poet, and philosopher. Born on May 25, 1803, and died on April 27, 1882. Known for his transcendentalist philosophy, his works have had a profound impact on literature and the intellectual world. more

Book:The beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: consisting of maxims and observations, moral, critical, and miscellaneous: to which are now added biographical anecdotes of the doctor, selected from the works of Mrs. Piozzi;--his Life, recently published by Mr. Boswell, and other authentic testimonies; also his will, and the sermon he wrote for the late Doctor Dodd

Source: The beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: consisting of maxims and observations, moral, critical, and miscellaneous: to which are now added biographical anecdotes of the doctor, selected from the works of Mrs. Piozzi;--his Life, recently published by Mr. Boswell, and other authentic testimonies; also his will, and the sermon he wrote for the late Doctor Dodd

“We sometimes learn more from the sight of evil than from an example of good; and it is well to accustom ourselves to profit by the evil which is so common, while that which is good is so rare.”

Wells Sometimes Evil Common Example Sight Profit

Book:Thoughts on Religion and Other Subjects

Source: Thoughts on Religion and Other Subjects

“Real evils can be either cured or endured; it is only imaginary evils that make people anxiety-ridden for a lifetime.”

People Real Evil Anxiety Lifetime Imaginary

Author:Earl Nightingale

“It is not noble to return evil for evil, at no time ought we to do an injury to our neighbors.”

Evil Return Ought Noble Neighbor Injury

Author:Plato

“The old assumption of the approximate impossibility of war really rested on a similar assumption about the impossibility of evil-and especially of evil in high places.”

War Evil Assumption Impossibility High Places