At least two thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity, idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religious or political idols.
Friedrich Nietzsche:
Battle not with monsters
lest ye become a monster
and if you gaze into the abyss
the abyss gazes into you
lest ye become a monster
and if you gaze into the abyss
the abyss gazes into you
H.L. Mencken:
It is a sin to believe evil of others, but it is seldom a mistake.
Hannah Arendt:
It is a sin to believe evil of others, but it is seldom a mistake.
Hannah Arendt:
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
Joseph Conrad:
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
Leonardo Da Vinci:
He who does not punish evil, commands it to be done.
Joseph Conrad:
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
Leonardo Da Vinci:
He who does not punish evil, commands it to be done.
Mae West:
When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before.
Mary Wollstonecraft:
No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.
Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil.
When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before.
Mary Wollstonecraft:
No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.
Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil.
