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“There is only one way to put an end to evil, and that is to do good for evil.”

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Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer and thinker, a prominent representative of 19th-century Russian literature. His works deeply revealed social contradictions and human nature, and had a profound impact on the world. more

“Evil, which is our companion all our days, is not to be treated as a foe. It is wrong to cocker vice, but we grow narrow and pithless if we are furtive about it, for this is at best a pretense, and the sage knows good and evil are kindred. The worst of men harm others, and the best injure themselves.”

Ifs Knows Men Evil Grows Worst Vices Harm Treated Good And Evil Companion Sage Foe Pretense Kindred

Book:The sorrows of Priapus: consisting of The sorrows of Priapus and The carnal myth

Source: The sorrows of Priapus: consisting of The sorrows of Priapus and The carnal myth

“It is only when men associate with the wicked with the desire and purpose of doing them good, that they can rely upon the protection of God to preserve them from contamination.”

Men Desire Purpose Evil Protection Preserves Rely Wicked Associates Rely Upon Contamination

Book:An Exposition of the First Epistle to the Corinthians

Source: An Exposition of the First Epistle to the Corinthians

“How in heck are they handling their surplus population in Hell these days? Maybe by the time you and I are in the queue there won't be room for us.”

Evil Rooms Hell Population These Days Surplus Queues

Author:Malcolm Forbes

“Crime in the city streets is more than a political issue. It's a too rampant fact.... In Indianapolis they have come up with a most sensible, affordable approach to the problem. Policemen are assigned their police patrol cars for personal use after hours. They are encouraged to use the police car while taking the family shopping, to the movies, and everywhere one takes one's family. As a result, says the Police Chief's assistant, we may have as many as 400 cars on the street instead of 100 or so per shift. [And] the presence of the police car obviously indicates the proximity of policemen.”

“Whoever takes it upon himself to establish a commonwealth and prescribe laws must presuppose all men naturally bad, and that they will yield to their innate evil passions as often as they can do so with safety.”

Men Law Passion Evil Can Do Safety Yield Innate Commonwealth

Author:Niccolo Machiavelli

“No man ever became very wicked all at once.”

Men Evil Wicked

Author:Juvenal

“Preventives of evil are far better than remedies; cheaper and easier of application, and surer in result.”

Evil Results Easier Application Remedy Cheaper

Book:The New Dictionary of Thoughts

Source: The New Dictionary of Thoughts

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

Firsts Evil History Lessons

Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Combinations of wickedness would overwhelm the world, by the advantage which licentious principles afford, did not those who have long practised perfidy grow faithless to each other.”

World Long Evil Grows Principles Advantage Combination Wickedness Faithless Perfidy

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

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