Herman Melville Quotes About Evil

Quotes about: Evil

• Evil is the chronic malady of the universe, and checked in one place, breaks forth in another.

  Herman Melville

  Evil, Break, Malady

  Herman Melville (2012). “Mardi: And A Voyage Thither (Annotated Complete Edition)”, p.439, Jazzybee Verlag

• Benevolent desires, after passing a certain point, can not undertake their own fulfillment without incurring the risk of evils beyond those sought to be remedied.

  Herman Melville

  Evil, Risk, Desire

  Herman Melville (2015). “Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War: Works of Melville”, p.201, 谷月社

• Those of us who always abhorred slavery as an atheistical iniquity, gladly we join in the exulting chorus of humanity over its downfall.

  Herman Melville

  Evil, Humanity, Atheism

  Herman Melville (1866). “Battle-pieces and aspects of the war [poems].”, p.268

• The worst of our evils we blindly inflict upon ourselves; our officers cannot remove them, even if they would.

  Herman Melville

  Evil, Worst, Officers

  Herman Melville (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Herman Melville (Illustrated)”, p.1765, Delphi Classics

• War being the greatest of evils, all its accessories necessarily partake of the same character.

  Herman Melville

  War, Character, Evil

  Herman Melville (1850). “Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life, During a Four Months' Residence in the Valley of the Marquesas”

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