title: Vince malum bono
text: # Vince malum bono
  
  Vince malum bono or Vince in bono malum is a Latin phrase meaning Overcome evil with good or Defeat Evil with Good.
  
  The motto comes from partial quotation from the Bible, Saint Paul's Epistle to the Romans, 12:21: "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good" (noli vinci a malo sed vince in bono malum; Greek: Μὴ νικῶ ὑπὸ τοῦ κακοῦ, ἀλλὰ νίκα ἐν τῷ ἀγαθῷ τὸ κακόν, Mē nikō hypo tou kakou, alla nika en tō agathō to kakon).
  
  The phrase is used as a motto at a number of institutions:
  
  * Anahuac Universities Network
  * Bishop Cotton School, Shimla
  * Old Swinford Hospital
  * St. Paul's Senior High School, Denu, Ghana (formerly St. Paul's Secondary School)
  * Catholic Memorial School
  * Inscription above entrance to Florentine Hotel, Sheffield
  