Letitia Elizabeth Landon Quotes
If we did but know how we rush into one evil while seeking to avoid another, we should have no resolution to shun any thing.
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Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world.
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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
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I don't like it when people don't hold the door. I don't know, that really bugs me... I guess I like manners.
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The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil.
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For some reason, the fans got behind me, and I don't know exactly why that is. I wasn't supposed to main event WrestleMania XXX, but the fans were so vocal about it that the fans had no choice but to put me in the match. I've had a lot of lucky breaks.
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I played a character in 'Ransom' who was as evil as they come.
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I used to think the press was a necessary evil and now I don't think it is. I think it's something you choose.
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Love truly does have the power to transcend evil. It can get us through the most unspeakable of events and give us the strength to keep on putting one foot in front of the other.
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We all suffer. It's part of life. The blessing is - while evil exists, Divinity does, too, and it is stronger.
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God seldom suspends the laws of nature, just as God does not remove free will to keep evil people from doing evil things.
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So certainly, if we can tell evil stories to make people sick, we can also tell good myths that make them well.
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If 'everything happens for a reason,' then every act of evil is ultimately God's doing.
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To steal from a brother or sister is evil. To not steal from the institutions that are the pillars of the Pig Empire is equally immoral.
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While some misuse their freedom to perpetrate evil, millions respond by feeling compelled to use their freedom to do good.
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At the end of the day, I'm not some evil guy.
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The greatest error of a man is to think that he is weak by nature, evil by nature. Every man is divine and strong in his real nature. What are weak and evil are his habits, his desires and thoughts, but not himself.
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The reason societies with democratic governments are better places to live in than their alternatives isn't because of some goodness intrinsic to democracy, but because its hopeless inefficiency helps blunt the basic potential for evil.
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There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless.
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We are all born marked for evil.
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I think it's difficult for young people to acknowledge being smart, to knowledge being a reader. I see kids who are embarrassed to read books. They're embarrassed to have people see them doing it.
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There are people who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.
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If we did but know how we rush into one evil while seeking to avoid another, we should have no resolution to shun any thing.
