Evil men by their
Evil men by their own nature cannot ever prosper. Euripides
Evil Man
When bad men combine,
When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. Edmund Burke
There is no safety
There is no safety for honest men, but by believing all possible evil of evil men, and by acting with promptitude, decision, and steadiness on that belief. Edmund Burke
The Fate of good
The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men. Edmund Burke
The only thing necessary
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke
The domestication (the culture)
The domestication (the culture) of man does not go deep–where it does go deep it at once becomes degeneration (type: the Christian). The ‘savage’ (or, in moral terms, the evil man) is a return to nature–and in a certain sense his recovery, his cure from ‘culture’. Friedrich Nietzsche
“Evil men have no
“Evil men have no songs.” How is it, then, that the Russians have songs? Friedrich Nietzsche
It is, indeed, a
It is, indeed, a fact that, in the midst of society and sociability every evil inclination has to place itself under such great restraint, don so many masks, lay itself so often on the procrustean bed of virtue, that one could well speak of a martyrdom of the evil man. In solitude all this falls … Read more
It is tempting to
It is tempting to believe that social evils arise from the activities of evil men and that if only good men (like ourselves, naturally) wielded power, all would be well. That view requires only emotion and self-praise – easy to come by and satisfying as well. To understand why it is that ‘good’ men in … Read more
These are illusions of
These are illusions of popular history which successful religion must promote: Evil men never prosper; only the brave deserve the fair; honesty is the best policy; actions speak louder than words; virtue always triumpths; a good deed is its own rewards; any bad human can be reformed; religious talismans protect one from demon possession; only … Read more