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It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions.
It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions.
Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.
Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.
It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
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.
Can one desire too much of a good thing?
Can one desire too much of a good thing?
As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an
evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable read more
As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an
evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil
that they set out to destroy.
Whatever any one does or says, I must be good.
Whatever any one does or says, I must be good.
There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem read more
There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more.
The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to read more
The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.