When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
Quotations
Evil
I ? This is the very root of all evil.
-H.M. Forester
"The Dissidents: A novella"
People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil... Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult.
-Anne Rice
"Interview with the Vampire"
So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?
-Ayn Rand
Evil men sprout like weeds in the sun, like weeds that spread all through the garden. Their roots wrap round the stones and hold fast to every rock.
-Jesus Christ
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
Has a man the right to kill himself? Yes, if his death harms no one and if life is an evil to him.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
I cannot and will not believe that evil is man’s natural state.
-Fyodor M. Dostoevsky
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
-Jonathan Swift
We can never choose evil. We always choose the good, and nothing can be good for us without being good for all.
-Jean Paul Sartre
