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" Good and evil exist in all of us.
a moment’s temptation takes us on a wrong path.
On that path may lurk foul fiends,
inhuman, yet feeding, needing
all our weaknesses: vanity, indolence and envy,
Easy fruits for evil appetites,
our flesh, a tasty afterthought,
our bones flung asunder. "

Emmanuelle de Maupassant , Cautionary Tales


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Emmanuelle de Maupassant quote : Good and evil exist in all of us. <br />a moment’s temptation takes us on a wrong path. <br />On that path may lurk foul fiends,<br />inhuman, yet feeding, needing<br />all our weaknesses: vanity, indolence and envy,<br />Easy fruits for evil appetites,<br />our flesh, a tasty afterthought,<br />our bones flung asunder.