A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Evil is only imperfection, that which is not complete, which is becoming, but has not yet found its end.
There is such a thing as doing good that evil may come.
Forcible ways make not an end of evil, but leave hatred and malice behind them.
We may draw good out of evil; we must not do evil, that good may come.
Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always the product of an art.
As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy.
Little evil would be done in the world if evil never could be done in the name of good.
No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
Evil, by definition, is that which endangers the good, and the good is what we perceive as a value.
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.
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