Full Idea
One must avoid even speaking of evil deeds.
Gist of Idea
One must avoid even speaking of evil deeds
Source
Democritus (attrib) (reports [c.250 BCE], B190), quoted by John Stobaeus - Anthology 3.01.91
Book Reference
'Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers', ed/tr. Freeman,Kathleen [Harvard 1957], p.109
Related Ideas
Idea 17224 If our ideas were wholly adequate, we would have no concept of evil [Spinoza]
Idea 22410 Maybe the unthinkable is a moral category, and considering some options is dishonourable or absurd [Williams,B]