Necessary Evil famous quotes
06-13-2025
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Generalities are intellectually necessary evils.
-- Aldous Huxley -
Doubtless there are times when controversy becomes a necessary evil. But let us remember that it is an evil.
-- Arthur Penrhyn Stanley -
Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good.
-- C. S. Lewis -
A critic is a necessary evil, and criticism is an evil necessity.
-- Carolyn Wells -
When you start with a necessary evil, and then over time the necessity passes away, what's left?
-- Matthew Scully -
Most "necessary evils" are far more evil than necessary.
-- Richard Branson -
As sure as God is good, so surely there is no such thing as necessary evil.
-- Robert Southey -
I see the canvas and I begin... It's a necessary evil to get into the work, and it's pretty marvelous to be able to get out of it.
-- Willem de Kooning
