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    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.]

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Do all the good you can, in all the ways you can, to all the souls you can, in every read more

Do all the good you can, in all the ways you can, to all the souls you can, in every place you can, at all the times you can, with all the zeal you can, as long as ever you can

by John Wesley Found in: Goodness Quotes,
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Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good.

Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good.

by Walter Savage Londor Found in: Goodness Quotes,
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Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

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Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.

Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.

by Albert Schweitzer Found in: Goodness Quotes,
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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.

by Edwin Arnold Found in: Goodness Quotes,
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Can one desire too much of a good thing?

Can one desire too much of a good thing?

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If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. read more

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.

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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.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Goodness Quotes,
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Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

by Henry David Thoreau Found in: Goodness Quotes,
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