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Age of Enlightenment1 quote
If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil. — Baruch Spinoza · 1677New Testament Era1 quote
For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. — Apostle Paul · 56Old Testament Era1 quote
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! — Isaiah 5:20 · 681 BCThe Renaissance1 quote
There is some soul of goodness in things evil,
Would men observingly distill it out. — William Shakespeare · 1599