He is a source of evil to the community.

You have relieved a physical want, and you have destroyed a moral quality.

I do not need to point out to you that the balance is on the wrong side." Sybil glanced across at Brooks, and he smiled back at her.
"Lord Arranmore has not finished yet," he said.

"Let us hear the worst." Their host smiled.
"After all," he said, "why do I waste my breath?
From the teens to the thirties sentiment smiles.

It is only later on in life that reason has any show at all.