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... by desiring what is perfectly good, even when we don’t quite know what it is and cannot do... More
...whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant... More
A bettre preest I trowe that nowher noon ys.
He waited after no pompe and reverence
Ne... More
A good dog does not block the road. More
A good heart will help you to a bonny face, my lad ... and a bad one will turn the bonniest into... More
A good man will extend his munificence to the industrious poor of all persuasions reduced by age,... More
A good man will honor him who lives up to his religious profession, whatever it be. More
A good man will not engage even in a national cause, without examining the justice of it. More
A good man, though he will value his own countrymen, yet will think as highly of the worthy men... More
A good person will feel guilty even before a dog. More
A knyght ther was, and that a worthy man,
That fro the tyme that he first bigan
To riden... More
A lifetime of doing good is not enough; one day of doing evil is too much. More
A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the... More
A more secret, sweet, and overpowering beauty appears to man when his heart and mind open to the... More
All men, in the abstract, are just and good; what hinders them, in the particular, is, the... More
all the reports on his conduct agree
That, in the modern sense of an old-fashioned word, he... More
Although the good you do may not be seen by others, your good heart is known by Heaven. More
Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest. More
And from the fulness of his heart he fished
A dime for Jesus who had died for men. More
And many a poor man that has roved,
Loved and thought himself beloved,
From a glad... More
Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another. More
As if one could know the good a person is capable of, when one doesn’t know the bad he might do. More
At length I met a reverend good old man, More
At the bottom of the heart of every human being, from earliest infancy until the tomb, there is... More
Be good. More
Be good. Do good. The devil wields no power over a good man. More
Before trying to become a Buddha, first be kind to other people. More
Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end. More
But waste was of the essence of the scheme.
And all the good they did for man or god
To... More
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then may ye also do good, that are... More
Catherine: “Why commit Evil?”
Gtz: “Because Good has already been... More
Causists have tried to twist “doing good” into another form of “doing evil,” and have... More
Come let us mock at the good
That fancied goodness might be gay,
And sick of... More
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it. More
Doing good is the greatest happiness. More
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with
praise: be thankful unto... More
Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more,... More
Everything good is instinct—and, as a result, easy, necessary, free. More
Everything is deception: seeking the minimum of illusion, keeping within the ordinary... More
Everything that comes out of the hands of the Creator of all things is good, everything... More
Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally; goodness is always the product of some art. More
feelings too
Of unremembered pleasure; such, perhaps,
As may have had no trivial... More
For every man that Bolingbroke hath pressed
To lift shrewd steel against our golden... More
For the good are always the merry,
Save by an evil chance,
And the merry love the... More
For the sake of goodness and love, man shall let death have no sovereignty over his thoughts. More
For the universe has three children, born at one time, which reappear, under different names, in... More
For the wrong that needs resistance,
For the future in the distance,
And the good that I... More
Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he... More
Genius has infused itself into nature. It indicates itself by a small excess of good, a small... More
Good and evil are so close as to be chained together in the soul. Now suppose we could break that... More
Good deeds always run into trouble. More
Good is a product of the ethical and spiritual artistry of individuals; it cannot be mass-produced. More
Good men must be affectionate men. More
Good people are countenanced by Heaven. More
Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. More
Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie. More
Goodness shall be repaid with goodness, and evil repaid with evil; never fear; the day of... More
Heed not Mephistopheles, my children, lest you suffer eternal damnation. When he whispers in your... More
How far that little candle throws his beams!
So shines a good deed in a naughty world. More
How sick one gets of being “good,” how much I should respect myself if I could burst out and... More
I am convinced that the majority of people to-day have good, generous feelings which they can... More
I do all the good I can—
Yet everybody says I’m such a disagreeable man!
And I... More
I had to prosper good and punish evil.
You changed all that. You set me free to... More
I have no need for good souls: an accomplice is what I wanted. More
I live for those who love me,
Whose hearts are kind and true;
For the Heaven that smiles... More
I never did repent for doing good,
Nor shall not now. More
I wanted pure love: foolishness; to love one another is to hate a common enemy: I will thus... More
I will believe thou hast a mind that suits
With this thy fair and outward character. More
I will follow the good side as far as the fire, but exclusively, if I can. More
If goodness were only a theory, it were a pity it should be lost to the world. There are a number... More
If one does not do evil things in the daytime, one need not fear knocks on the door in the middle... More
If one wishes for good, Heaven will help. More
If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it... More
In a certain sense the Good is comfortless. More
In the end, nature is inexorable: it has no reason to hurry and, sooner or later, it takes what... More
In the world of knowledge, the essential Form of Good is the limit of our inquiries, and can... More
In true friendship, in which I am expert, I give myself to my friend more than I draw him to me.... More
Injuries come only from the heart. More
Innocence of Life and great Ability were the distinguishing Parts of his Character; the latter,... More
It is a momentous fact that a man may be good, or he may be bad; his life may be true, or it may... More
It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But ... it is better to be good than to be ugly. More
It is difficult to be a good person. More
It is easy to say that all things are both good and beautiful at once and that these qualities... More
It is no longer possible to escape men. Farewell to the monsters, farewell to the saints.... More
It is often hard to determine whether a clear, open, and honorable proceeding is the result of... More
It is seen
At the end that the kind and good are rewarded,
That the unjust one is doomed... More
It takes physical courage to indulge in wickedness. The “good” are too cowardly to do it. More
It takes ten years to grow good trees, but a hundred years to grow good people. More
Just do the right thing; don’t worry about the future. More
Little deeds of kindness,
Little words of love,
Make our earth an Eden,
Like the... More
Men are always thinking that they are going to do something grandly wicked to their enemies; but... More
Men frequently do good only to give themselves opportunity of doing ill with impunity. More
Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or mental. More
Mend when thou canst, be better at thy leisure. More
Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature. More
Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he... More
Nature turns all malfaisance to good. More
Never have I been sad or glad
That there was such a thing as bad.
There had to be, I... More
No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked.... More
No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand. More

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