Evil
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No evil is insupportable but that which is accompanied with consciousness of wrong
Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we ought not to hope too securely, we ought not to fear with too much dejection
No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye
Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering
No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline
Evil comes to all us men of imagination wearing as its mask all the virtues.
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
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On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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