The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

—William Shakespeare

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About William Shakespeare

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William Shakespeare (c. 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" or simply "the Bard"....

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Our bodies are our gardens to which our wills are gardeners.

—William Shakespeare

Do not, for one repulse, forego the purpose that you resolved to effect.

—William Shakespeare

Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus, but use all gently. For in the very torrent, tempest, and as I may say, whirlwind of passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness.

—William Shakespeare

This above all: to thine own self be true; And it must follow, as the night the day; Thou canst not then be false to any man.

—William Shakespeare

In peace there's nothing so becomes a man/
As modest stillness and humility;/
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,/
Then imitate the action of the tiger:/
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood.

—William Shakespeare

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To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society because he is absolutely evil amounts to saying that society is absolutely good, and no one in his right mind will believe this.

—Albert Camus

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There are plenty of good reasons for fighting… but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too. Where's evil? It's that large part of every man that wants to hate without limit, that wants to hate with God on its side.

—Kurt Vonnegut

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The real existence of an enemy upon whom one can foist off everything evil is an enormous relief to one's conscience. You can then at least say, without hesitation, who the devil is; you are quite certain that the cause of your misfortune is outside, and not in your own attitude.

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The most appalling cruelties are committed by apparently virtuous governments in expectation of a great good to come, never learning that the evil done now is the sure destroyer of the expected good.

—Katherine Anne Porter

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The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either—but right through every human heart.… This line shifts. Inside us, it oscillates with the years. And even within hearts overwhelmed by evil, one small bridgehead of good is retained. And even in the best of hearts, there remains… an uprooted small corner of evil.

—Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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