Badness cannot succeed even in being bad in the same way in which good…

C. S. Lewis
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Badness cannot succeed even in being bad in the same way in which goodness is good. Goodness is, so to speak, itself: badness is only spoiled goodness. Evil is a parasite, not an original thing. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2012). The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics, p.50, HarperCollins UK
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Badness cannot succeed even in being bad in the same way in which goodness is good. Goodness is, so to speak, itself: badness is only spoiled goodness. Evil is a parasite, not an original thing. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2012). The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics, p.50, HarperCollins UK

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