Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyNo man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.
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No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks. is the saying that says that no man is capable of deliberate action which is inherently evil. To act evil, one must believe that he will be rewarded for doing so. However, most people do not act on this belief, and therefore are not actually evil.
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