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Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.

Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.

Samuel Butler
Running, Evil, Water
Samuel Butler (2008). “The Note-books of Samuel Butler: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.285, ReadHowYouWant.com

There is such a thing as doing good that evil may come.

Samuel Butler
Evil, May, Doing Good
Samuel Butler (1951). “Notebooks”

The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come to the knowledge of good and evil it is stronger, but we care less about it.

Samuel Butler
Art, Evil, Interesting
Samuel Butler (2014). “The Notebooks of Samuel Butler”, p.197, The Floating Press

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