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Quotes about good and evil

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I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of both; and I believe they both get paid in the end; but the fools first.
Robert Louis Stevenson1850–1894Kidnapped (1886), Chapter XIVIn context
- Wisdom
I have been Heaven’s substitute to recompense the good⁠—now the god of vengeance yields to me his power to punish the wicked!
Alexandre Dumas1802–1870The Count of Monte Cristo (1844), Volume Two, Chapter 30In context
- Justice
I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him.
Edgar Allan Poe1809–1849The Tell-Tale Heart (1843)In context
The world is not destroyed by villains and conflagrations, but by hate and malice and all this spiteful tattling.
Anton Chekhov1860–1904Uncle Vanya (1897), Act II, spoken by HelenaIn context
- Anger
The battle between good and evil is a legitimate theme for a Fantasy (or for any work of fiction, for that matter), but in real life that battle is fought chiefly in the individual human heart.
George R. R. Martinborn 1948infinity plus interview (2001)
- Writing
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
The Bible (King James Version)Psalms (1611), Psalm 1:1 (KJV)In context
- Virtue
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
The Bible (King James Version)Proverbs 12:10 (KJV)In context
- Animals
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
The Bible (King James Version)Proverbs 28:1 (KJV)In context
- Courage
Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
Jesus7 BC–AD 30The Gospel of Matthew (1611), Matthew 16:23 (KJV)In context
My name is Legion: for we are many.
The Bible (King James Version)The Gospel of Mark (1611), Mark 5:9 (KJV)In context
Get thee behind me, Satan
Jesus7 BC–AD 30The Gospel of Mark (1611), Mark 8:33 (KJV)In context
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
The Bible (King James Version)The Gospel of John (1611), John 1:4–5 (KJV)In context
- God