“See the good in that which is evil, and the evil in that which is good.”

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Japanese animator, film director, and mangaka 1941

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Variant: In real life, the hardest aspect of the battle between good and evil is determining which is which.
Context: The battle between good and evil is a legitimate theme for a Fantasy (or for any work of fiction, for that matter), but in real life that battle is fought chiefly in the individual human heart. Too many contemporary Fantasies take the easy way out by externalizing the struggle, so the heroic protagonists need only smite the evil minions of the dark power to win the day. And you can tell the evil minions, because they're inevitably ugly and they all wear black.
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Original: XIX Tout institution qui ne suppose pas le peuple bon et le magistrat corruptible est vicieuse.

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