Evil Quotes

He said that there was one only good, namely, knowledge; and one only evil, namely, ignorance. (Socrates)
An evil person is like a piece of coal: if it doesn't burn, it blackens you. View quote
Anacharsis
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness. View quote
Joseph Conrad
Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil. View quote
Plato
Repentance for one's evil deeds is the safeguard of life. View quote
Democritus
I would far rather be ignorant than wise in the foreboding of evil. View quote
Aeschylus
Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil. View quote
Menander
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil. View quote
Socrates
There is no worse evil than a bad woman; and nothing has ever been produced better than a good one. View quote
Euripides
Little evil would be done in the world if evil never could be done in the name of good. View quote
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. (Aristotle)
Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity. View quote
Xun Zi
Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil. View quote
Marcus Aurelius
Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell. View quote
George Orwell
Money is the fruit of evil as often as the root of it. View quote
Henry Fielding
For every thousand hacking at the leaves of evil, there is one striking at the root. View quote
Henry David Thoreau
To be innocent is to be not guilty But to be virtuous is to overcome our evil inclinations. View quote
William Penn
The extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil not to be measured by the value of that money to the people who are taxed for it. View quote
Chester A. Arthur
In avoiding the appearance of evil, I am not sure but I have sometimes unnecessarily deprived myself and others of innocent enjoyments. View quote
Rutherford B. Hayes
Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man. View quote
Hesiod
The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world. (Max Born)
The sad truth of the matter is that most evil is done by people who never made up their minds to be or do either evil or good. View quote
Hannah Arendt
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works. View quote
Augustine of Hippo
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent. View quote
Mahatma Gandhi
No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks. View quote
Mary Wollstonecraft