It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
Menander of Athens
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It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
MENANDER Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
BIBLE Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
BIBLE Evil communications corrupt good manners.
CHARLES DICKENS He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
MENANDER OF ATHENS Nothing is more useful than silence.
MENANDER OF ATHENS The workman still is greater than his work
MENANDER OF ATHENS There is but one genuine love-potion - consideration.
MENANDER OF ATHENS No man alive can say, "This shall not happen to me
MENANDER ATHENS This "Know Yourself" is a silly proverb in some ways; To know the man next door is a much more usef...
MENANDER ATHENS The workman still is greater than his work
MENANDER ATHENS The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum
MENANDER ATHENS A good End cannot sanctifie evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.
WILLIAM PENN A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it
WILLIAM PENN A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.
WILLIAM PENN We may draw good out of evil; we must not do evil, that good may come.
MARIA WESTON CHAPMAN We may draw good out of evil; we must not do evil, that good may come.
MARIA WESTON CHAPMAN No matter how hard Evil tries, it can never quite match up to the power of Good, because Evil is ult...
JOHN CONNOLLY No matter how hard Evil tries, it can never quite match up to the power of Good, because Evil is ult...
JOHN CONNOLLY Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil a...
MARGARET MEAD When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind. W...
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Corrupt fantasy points us, or forms us, in a consciousness that can lead to thinking that evil is go...
MICHAEL O'BRIEN My view of civilization is that there have always been small pockets of good, decent, kind people su...
NANCY FARMER Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON It's something that would kind of keep me in touch with Athens, ... I met so many people there, and ...
DAVID GREENE Justice must never mirror evil, Justice must always be a mirror for Evil so that all may see.
AHMAD RAGAB All things may corrupt when minds are prone to evil.
OVID All things can corrupt when minds are prone to evil.
OVID Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and e...
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTE Each of us has a vision of good and of evil. We have to encourage people to move towards what they t...
POPE FRANCIS The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil.
MARIA MONTESSORI They got the same dispositions because they had the same backgrounds,
JOE WALKER You must recognize that the way to get the good out of your brother and your sister is not to return...
LOUIS FARRAKHAN The first idea that the child must acquire, in order to be actively disciplined, is that of the diff...
MARIA MONTESSORI Those who are found to be corrupt must face the full force of the law.
REV MUTAVA MUSYIMI Making smart choices in a corrupt system is no good anymore. For life to survive on planet Earth, it...
IRFAN HUSAYN When evil men plot, good men must plan.
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Oh corrupt man!For who can prevent the mind of Man from nesting evil & unproductive thoughts.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) The mechanism that directs government cannot be virtuous, because it is impossible to thwart every c...
MARQUIS DE SADE Life's irony;What a miserable world we live in,for the good men who know how to govern well do nothi...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Democratic accountability means that governments must be popularly accepted, with citizens empowered...
RAGHURAM RAJAN So far as we are human, what we do must be either evil or good: so far as we do evil or good, we are...
TS (THOMAS STEARNS) ELIOT So far as we are human, what we do must be either evil or good: so far as we do evil or good, we are...
T.S. ELIOT You must let what happens happen. Everything must be equal in your eyes, good and evil, beautiful an...
MICHAEL ENDE We must adopt loathsome diseases for our familiar associates, or we shall never be thoroughly acquai...
JOHN ABERNETHY When evil men destroy, good men must build and bind.
ANAS AREMEYAW ANAS Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
BIBLE It isn't enough that the bad guy is prevented from doing his bad deeds; he must suffer as much as po...
M.E. THOMAS It is not enough to be good. You must be good for something. You must contribute good to the world. ...
GORDON B. HINCKLEY Most people are good and occasionally do something they know is bad. Some people are bad and struggl...
KAREN MARIE MONING You are good. But it is not enough just to be good. You must be good for something. You must contrib...
GORDON B. HINCKLEY Irresponsible power is inconsistent with liberty, and must corrupt those who exercise it.
JOHN CALHOUN Where there is mystery, it is generally supposed there must be evil.
GEORGE GORDON BYRON And (as for) those who strive hard in opposing Our communications, these it is for whom is a painful...
QURAN There is no one who is completely evil as to lack some goodness in him.
BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmute...
MENCIUS Where there is mystery, it is generally suspected there must also be evil.
LORD (GEORGE GORDON) BYRON Where there is mystery, it is generally suspected there must also be evil.
LORD BYRON This isn't the work of our people, Delilah. It's a corruption of power. The gods are neutral, good a...
KURTIS J. WIEBE In normal times evil would be fought by good. But in times like this it would be fought with another...
OLASOT The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice so pleasurable that I assume it must be evil.
HEYWOOD HALE BROUN The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice so pleasurable that I assume it must be evil.
HEYWOOD BROUN The urge to gamble is so universal, and its practice so pleasurable that I assume it must be evil.
HEYWOOD BROUN The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice so pleasurable that I assume it must be evil.
HEYWOOD HALE BROUN There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.
BUDDHA There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.
BUDDHA There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.
GAUTAMA BUDDHA Be the good in others, and you will see the good in others. Be the evil in others and you will see t...
PHILIP T. M. Sufis teach that we first must battle and destroy the evil within ourselves by shining upon it the g...
FEISAL ABDUL RAUF Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.
ADLAI STEVENSON Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.
ADLAI E. STEVENSON I must not permit the evil capabilities of human nature to sour my faith in the tremendous good that...
MOTHER ANGELICA Good and evil are so completely entwined any action can be good or evil.
JIM GENOVESE Must I do all the evil I can before I learn to shun it? Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it...
MAHATMA GANDHI In Washington, if someone disagrees with you, the problem must be your heart - you must be evil.
STEVE SOUTHERLAND Be the good in the world, and you will see the good in the world. Be the evil in the world and you w...
PHILIP T. M. A good style must, first of all, be clear. It must . . . be appropriate.
ARISTOTLE It is simply untrue that all our institutions are evil that all politicians are mere opportunists, t...
GEORGE MCGOVERN It is simply untrue that all our institutions are evil,... that all politicians are mere opportunist...
GEORGE MCGOVERN The history of mankind is crowded with evidences proving that physical coercion is not adapted to mo...
LEO TOLSTOY Be good to others, that will protect you against evil.
ABU BAKR It is not true that good can only follow from good and evil only from evil, but that often the oppos...
MAX WEBER Little evil would be done in the world if evil never could be done in the name of good.
MARIE VON EBNER-ESCHENBACH Old enemies must be friends when a greater evil looms.
RAYMOND E. FEIST You and I are, by birth, by nature, and by choice, inwardly depraved, which is to say that we are en...
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL The secret to having a good marriage is to understand that marriage must be total, it must be perman...
FRANK PITTMAN It is not enough just to be good. We must be good for something. We must contribute good to the worl...
GORDON B. HINCKLEY These people fail to realize that it is on the inside that God must be defended, not on the outside....
YANN MARTEL Democratic socialism means that we must reform a political system that is corrupt, that we must crea...
BERNIE SANDERS You are good. But it is not enough just to be good. You must be good for something. You must contrib...
GORDON B. HINCKLEY We've seen over time that countries that have the best economic growth are those that have good ...
RAMEZ NAAM If you will discipline yourself to make your mind self-sufficient you will thereby be least vulnerab...
CRITIAS OF ATHENS If you will discipline yourself to make your mind self-sufficient you will thereby be least vulnera...
CRITIAS OF ATHENS The love of money is the root of all evil, therefore selfishness must be the seed.
M.D. BIRMINGHAM There was a general observation in Athens that things needed to be improved.
GISELLE DAVIES Anyone in a position of power is either corrupt or assumed to be corrupt, and the assumption of corr...
STANLEY A. MCCHRYSTAL The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by...
JEFF COOPER Corrupt governments are run by corrupt politicians that run corrupt law enforcement agencies.
STEVEN MAGEE Religion is an insult to human dignity. Without it you would have good people doing good things and ...
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MENANDER It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
MENANDER Nothing is more useful than silence.
MENANDER I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
MENANDER Deus ex machina [A god from the machine]
MENANDER Whom the gods love dies young.
MENANDER The man who runs may fight again.
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MENANDER The sword the body wounds, sharp words the mind.
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MENANDER Wer davonläuft kann später kämpfen.
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BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX Commemoration of Crispin & Crispinian, Martyrs at Rome, c.285 Jesus, thou joy of loving hearts, ...
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX Continuing a series on the person of Jesus: Jesus is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a song ...
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX Feast of Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, Teacher, 1153 Commemoration of William & Catherine Booth, Fou...
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
DIOGENES OF SINOPE Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?
DIOGENES OF SINOPE Feast of Anselm, Abbot of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1109 Jesus, as a mother you ga...
ANSELM OF CANTERBURY Feast of Anselm, Abbot of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1109 For I seek not to under...
ANSELM OF CANTERBURY O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwell...
AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO The three most ancient opinions concerning God are Anarchia, Polyarchia, and Monarchia. The first tw...
GREGORY OF NYSSA Business tomorrow.
ARCHIAS OF THEBES For it is not needful, to use a common proverb, that one should drink up the ocean who wishes to lea...
IRENAEUS OF LYONS