I ? This is the very root of all evil.
-H.M. Forester
"The Dissidents: A novella"
Quotations
Evil
When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
I cannot and will not believe that evil is man’s natural state.
-Fyodor M. Dostoevsky
There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil.
-Ayn Rand
So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?
-Ayn Rand
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"
Apologies only account for the evils which they cannot alter.
-Benjamin Disraeli
Is evil something you are? Or is it something you do?
-Breet Easton Ellis
"American Psycho"
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
