A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible.
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The resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible.
Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies.
If you flee from the things you fear, there's no resolution.
It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.
Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet understood, nor overlook the mercies often bound up in them.
There comes a time when deceit and defiance must be seen for what they are. At that point, a gathering danger must be directly confronted. At that point, we must show that beyond our resolutions is actual resolve.
The power of choosing good and evil is within the reach of all.
Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.
The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.
The idea of evil is always subject to denial as a coping mechanism.