Lawful Evil

Famous quotes containing the words lawful and/or evil:

“Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the sabbath, to save life or to kill?”
—Bible: New Testament, Mark 3:4.

Jesus.

“Kindness is not without its rocks ahead. People are apt to put it down to an easy temper and seldom recognize it as the secret striving of a generous nature; whilst, on the other hand, the ill-natured get credit for all the evil they refrain from.”
—Honoré De Balzac (1799–1850)