What we call evil is simply ignorance bumping its head in the dark.
The Evil One has left, the evil ones remain. [Ger., Den Bosen sind sie los, die Bosen sind geblieben.]
May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.
Evil is sweet in the beginning but bitter in the end.
It is a sin to believe in the evil of others, but it is seldom a mistake.
Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table.
Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always the product of an art.
It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man.
There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.
Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.
We may draw good out of evil; we must not do evil, that good may come.
All evils are equal when they are extreme.
Evil be to him who evil thinks.
There can be no existence of evil as a force to the healthy-minded individual.
They that know no evil will suspect none.
There is hardly a man clever enough to recognize the full extent of the evil he does.
It is a power stronger than will. Could a stone escape from the laws of gravity? Impossible. Impossible, for evil to form an alliance with good.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
This is the very worst wickedness, that we refuse to acknowledge the passionate evil that is in us. This makes us secret and rotten.
Evil is something you recognize immediately you see it: it works through charm.
There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless.
Nothing baffles the schemes of evil people so much as the calm composure of great souls.
The love of evil is the root of all money.
Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree.
Evil is always possible. Goodness is a difficulty.