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Evil, as a concept, is usually defined as profoundly immoral behavior, and it is related to acts that cause unnecessary pain and suffering to others.

44 QUOTES
"Man is the cruelest animal."
— Friedrich Nietzsche
"There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it."
— Gautama Buddha
"Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil."
— Aristotle
"Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust."
— George Washington
"When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always."
— Mahatma Gandhi
"With the proper training, I could've been an evil genius."
— George Carlin
"The misuse of language induces evil in the soul."
— Socrates
"I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody."
— Abraham Lincoln
"The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."
— Plato
"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."
— Plato
"We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we try to fight it."
— C. S. Lewis
"I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good."
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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