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29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / a. Problem of Evil

2659	The lists of good men who have suffered and bad men who have prospered are endless [Cicero]
	Full Idea: Time would fail me if I tried to list all the good men for whom things have turned out badly. So it would if I tried to mention all the wicked who have prospered.
	From: M. Tullius Cicero (On the Nature of the Gods ('De natura deorum') [c.44 BCE], III.80)

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / b. Human Evil

2658	The gods blame men for having vices, but they could have given us enough reason to avoid them [Cicero]
	Full Idea: You gods say that the fault lies in the vices of mankind. But you could have endowed men with reason in a form which would exclude all vice and crime.
	From: M. Tullius Cicero (On the Nature of the Gods ('De natura deorum') [c.44 BCE], III.76)