Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth, and it lies close by, But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it.
There's no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it's only a question of comparative badness, brother.
It is possible that the contemplation of cruelty will not make us humane but cruel; that the reiteration of the badness of our spiritual condition will make us consent to it.
I think when you don't know where you stand with someone, they can surprise you in their goodness and their badness, and that makes them human.
Where does guilt and punishment lie, and are we not more expressive over remorse or guilt when other people see the badness in us?
I don't keep a record of the parts I've played, and I don't compare characters, but maybe I should? I could construct a graphic that grades badness and madness levels? Interesting idea.
We can't be as good as we'd want to, so the question then becomes, how do we cope with our own badness?