"The apprehension of the good Gives but the greater feeling to the worse."
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"Can it be That modesty may more betray our sense Than woman's lightness? Having waste ground enough, Shall we desire to raze the sanctuary And pitch our evils there?"
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"Like anything else, you can use the Internet for good or ill. You can get out of it what you want to. There's no evil about it. The way I see it, it's a liberation."
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"Free speech carries with it the evil of all foolish, unpleasant venomous things that are said but, on the whole, we would rather lump them than do away with them."
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"Even Hitler didn't wake up going, 'Let me do the most evil thing I can do today.' I think he woke up in the morning and using a twisted, backwards logic, he set out to do what he thought was 'good.'"
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"This is the treason of the artist: a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain."
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"In innocence there is no strength against evil, said Sparrowhawk, a little wryly. But there is strength in it for good."
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"Other sins find their vent in the accomplishment of evil deeds, whereas pride lies in wait for good deeds, to destroy them."
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"Knowledge is power. Power to do evil...or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil."
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"Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it's so important that we don't rely on it."
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"Human reason can excuse any evil."
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"Decades ago, our ancestors realized that it is not just political ideology, religious belief, race, or nationalism that is to blame for a warring world. Rather, they determined that it was the fault of human personality - of humankind's inclination towards evil, in whatever form that is. They divided into factions that sought to eradicate those qualities they believed responsible for the world's disarray."
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"The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always escape from whoever tries to smother them."
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"What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived"
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"Every evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor."
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"The wave of evil washes all our institutions alike."
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"Nature and literature are subjective phenomena; every evil and every good thing is a shadow which we cast"
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"It is true that every day has its own evil, and its good too. But how difficult must life be, especially farther on when the evil of each day increases as far as worldly things go, if it is not strengthened and comforted by faith. And in Christ all worldly things may become better, and, as it were, sanctified. Theo, woe is me if I do not preach the Gospel; if I did not aim at that and possess faith and hope in Christ, it would be bad for me indeed, but no I have some courage."
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"My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered them meritorious. As to my evil deeds and my sins, He hid them at once. The eyes of those who saw them, He made even blind; and He has blotted them out of their memory."
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"The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated."
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