Good could never come of such evil, a happier end was not in nature to so unhappy a beginning.

那样的罪恶绝对产生不了善果，就其本质而言，那样不幸的开头是不可能产生什么幸运的结尾的。

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This proverb warns that weakness is a disadvantage. Especially when confronting evil, a person must be tough, otherwise he will be bullied.

这条谚语告诉我们：过分老实是一个缺点。对待坏人切不能表现出老实，软弱，不然会受到欺凌。

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Mister Stoker is thought to have based his evil Count Dracula character on a ruler who lived in fifteenth century Romania.

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So all signs of a cosmic battle, or some primordial act of violence between the forces of chaos And evil and the forces of cosmos and good are eliminated.

因此所有宇宙间战争的标志，或者原始的暴行,在混乱邪恶与宇庙美好力量之间的冲突都被消泯。

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Now since God is himself the transcendent source of all being and since he is good, in a monotheistic system there are no evil agents that constitute a realm that opposes God as an equal rival.

因为上帝的力量超越万物,也因为他是上帝，在一神论体系中没有恶灵,能够形成一个可与他相抗衡的领域。

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Technology cannot end depravity or violence, but it can limit the evil a person can inflict on others.

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Sadly, for four nights in August, drinking viche was a necessary evil, a rite of passage in the same way that cheap keg beer is a part of university and getting hit in the groin is a disagreeable consequence of riding a mechanical bull.

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So how did the vampire go from being the stuff of nightmares to the object of young girls' dreams - from a figure of evil to a desirable outsider?

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