"As I have always held it a crime to anticipate evils, I will believe it a good comfortable road until I am compelled to believe differently."
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"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."
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"Evil comes from the ABUSE of free will"
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"The talkative listen to no one, for they are ever speaking. And the first evil that attends those who know not to be silent is that they hear nothing."
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"Hypocrisy is the mother of all evil and racial prejudice is still her favourite child."
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"Pierre Curie voluntarily exposed his arm to the action of radium for several hours. This resulted in damage resembling a burn that developed progressively and required several months to heal. Henri Becquerel had by accident a similar burn as a result of carrying in his vest pocket a glass tube containing radium salt. He came to tell us of this evil effect of radium, exclaiming in a manner at once delighted and annoyed: "I love it, but I owe it a grudge.""
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"Only the small secrets need to be protected. The large ones are kept secret by public incredulity."
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"We may not be able to stop evil in the world, but how we treat one another is entirely up to us."
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"The only way I know to drive out evil from the country is by the constructive method of filling it with good."
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"The economic anarchy of capitalist society as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evil."
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"One cannot use an evil action with reference to a good intention."
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"Beware of altruism. It is based on self-deception, the root of all evil."
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"Islam is an evil and wicked religion."
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"The worst evil which can befall the artist is that his work should appear good in his own eyes."
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"To know and not to do is in fact not to know. We need to be active instruments against evil. We need to do."
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"We know we can't stop every act of violence, every act of evil in the world, but maybe we could try to stop one act of evil, one act of violence."
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"... and we will test you with evil and with good; and unto us shall ye be brought back."
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"The world is a dangerous place to live"
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"To sit in judgment of those things which you perceive to be wrong or imperfect is to be one more person who is part of judgment, evil or imperfection."
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"Everything is controlled by a small evil group to which, unfortunately, no one we know belongs."
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