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A silent tongue is better than evil speaking. — Manx
A good lawyer, an evil neighbor. — English
A wicked tongue is worse than an evil hand. — Yiddish
All evil deeds are repaid on earth. — Greek
All evils, save death, may be amended. — Greek
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An evil deed, like smoke, cannot be hidden. — Filipino
An evil suspicion has a worse condition. — English
An evil deed has a witness in the bosom. — Danish
An evil conscience breaks many a man's neck. — English
An evil eye can see no good. — Danish
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An evil lesson is soon learned. — English
Avarice is the root of all evil. — African (Swahili)
Be good within reason, but never do evil. — Malaysian
Bear with evil and expect good. — English
Better suffer a known evil than change for uncertain good. — Spanish
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Better good afar off than evil at hand. — English
Better a distant good than a near evil. — Portuguese
Better prevent an evil than attend it. — American
Between evil tongues and evil ears, there is nothing to choose. — Danish
Blessed be the man who knows his power and abstains from doing evil to others. — African (Egypt)
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Debt is an evil conscience. — English
Depart from evil and create good. — Russian
Evil must be driven out by evil. — Danish
Evil to him that evil thinks. — English
Evil will not be concealed. — Welsh
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