ex malo bonum

good out of evil

Notes

From St. Augustine's "Sermon LXI" where he contradicts Seneca's dictum in Epistulae 87:22: bonum ex malo non fit (good does not come from evil). Also the alias of the Anberlin song, "Miserabile Visu" from their album New Surrender.

Words

bona – blessings as well as material properties, gifts, good qualities
mala – jaw
malo – prefer, to choose
male – wickedly, with evil intent