corleone. vader. luthor. burns.
you know their names; now admire their genius.
Evil Genius is a treasury of wisdom gathered from the finest villains of screen, stage and printed page. Throughout history we have condemned their evil; now, at last, we appreciate their genius.
“There are heroes in evil as well as in good.”
François de la Rochefoucauld (d. 1680)
For too long have the world's iconic villains been overshadowed by the heroes who thwart them. And yet it is villains, unfettered by convention, who possess many of the qualities we admire. In this comprehensive collection of quotations, antagonists of every hue, from Shakespearean knaves to Bond baddies, on earth and in galaxies far far away, get the acknowledgement they deserve.
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