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The good he scorned
Stalked off reluctant, like an ill-used ghost,
Not to return; or if it read more
The good he scorned
Stalked off reluctant, like an ill-used ghost,
Not to return; or if it did, in visits
Like those of angels, short and far between.
Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it
from themselves.
Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it
from themselves.
What good I see humbly I seek to do,
And live obedient to the law, in trust
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What good I see humbly I seek to do,
And live obedient to the law, in trust
That what will come, and must come, shall come well.
This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is
good and to grieve at the read more
This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is
good and to grieve at the opposite.
[Lat., Ergo hoc proprium est animi bene constituti, et laetari
bonis rebus, et dolere contrariis.]
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
One man's wilderness is another man's theme park
One man's wilderness is another man's theme park
A good man, through obscurest aspirations
Has still an instinct of the one true way.
[Ger., Ein read more
A good man, through obscurest aspirations
Has still an instinct of the one true way.
[Ger., Ein guter Mensch, in seinem dunkeln Drange,
Ist sich des rechten Weges sohl bewusst.]
Because indeed there was never law, or sect, or opinion, did so
much magnify goodness, as the Christian religion read more
Because indeed there was never law, or sect, or opinion, did so
much magnify goodness, as the Christian religion doth.