“Deeper and deeper. Ever greater power. Ever greater evil.”
Part 3, Chapter 12 (p. 181)
Nifft the Lean (1982)
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Source: The Summer Garden
“Fear of evil is greater than the evil itself.”
Sono maggiori li spaventi ch'e mali.
Act III, scene xi
The Mandrake (1524)
“The lesser of two evils is not the greater good.”
Ron English's Fauxlosophy (2016)
“In every enterprise is no greater evil than bad companionship”
ἐν παντὶ πράγει δ᾽ ἔσθ᾽ ὁμιλίας κακῆς
κάκιον οὐδέν
Source: Seven Against Thebes (467 BC), lines 599–600 (tr. David Grene)
“There is no greater social evil than religion. It is the cancer in the body of humanity.”
Source: Life, Sex, and Ideas: The Good Life Without God (2002), Chapter 9, “Evil” (p. 34)
“Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.”
“There is no greater power on this earth than story.”
Source: The Diviners