Evil Deed Quotes

Truly upon mortals cometh swift of foot their evil and his offence upon him that trespasseth against Right.

An evil deed is better left undone, for a man repents of it afterwards; a good deed is better done, for having done it, one does not repent.

An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.

This is the curse of an evil deed, that it incites and must bring forth more evil.

To triumph fully, evil needs two victories, not one. The first victory happens when an evil deed is perpetrated; the second victory, when evil is returned. After the first victory, evil would die if the second victory did not infuse it with new life.

An evil plan does mischief to the planner.

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. Justice is never advanced in the taking of a human life. Morality is never upheld by a legalized murder.

When the evil deed, after it has become known, brings sorrow to the fool, then it destroys his bright lot, nay, it cleaves his head.

O my offense is rank, it smells to heaven.

Sin, every day, takes out a patent for some new invention.

Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.

... the most execrable measure recorded in the history of guilty man

I don't think anyone sets out to be the evil villain.

An evil intention perverts the best actions, and makes them sins.

Good never come of such evil, a happier end was not in nature to so unhappy a beginning.