Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.
Pascal was himself a very religious man, but observed this phenomenon about many religious people.
The wicked are always ungrateful.
The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.
The evil-doer mourns in the next; he mourns in both. He mourns and suffers when he sees the evil of his own work.
In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.
If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You will never say a good word about deeds that are evil and disgraceful.
How many evils has religion caused! [Lat., Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum!]
Adolf Hitler was a vile, heinous, vicious killer responsible for one of the greatest acts of evil committed on this planet.
For the impious act begets more after it, like to the parent stock.
As one whose husband and mother-in-law have died the victims of murder and assassination, I stand firmly and unequivocally opposed to the death penalty for those convicted of capital offenses... An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed of retaliation.
Such evil deeds could religion prompt.
And much of Madness, and more of Sin, And Horror the soul of the plot.
Whosoever does wrong, wrongs himself; whosoever does injustice, does it to himself, making himself evil.
All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
. . .It is the Law that while Evil, unopposed, may accomplish terrible deeds, the power of Good can never be overthrown when opposed to Evil. . .
Nullum ad nocendum tempus angustum est malis. No time is too short for the wicked to injure their neighbors.
Evil wishes, like chickens, come home to roost.
One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good - he and the world is saved. When he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad - he and the world is destroyed.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
Wickedness may prosper for a while.
For good people to do evil things, it takes religion.
I got a Lucifer soul. I'll be the Devil's son, Devil's work, gettin' work.
I don't believe in devils. Indifference and misunderstandings can create evil situations. Most of the time, people who appear to be evil are really victims of evil deeds.
Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you've done.
Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.