Active Evil is better than Passive Good

Quote byWilliam Blake · 1757–1827

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Annotations to Lavater (1788).

English (original)

Active Evil is better than Passive Good.

— William Blake

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