Sacred Evil

Famous quotes containing the words sacred and/or evil:

    There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling.
    Victor Hugo (1802–1885)

    Some people show evil as a great racehorse shows breeding. They have the dignity of a hard chancre.
    Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)