Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

Doing good,
Disinterested good, is not our trade.

Doing good,
Disinterested good, is not our trade.

If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.

If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.

Goodness speaks in a whisper, evil shouts

Goodness speaks in a whisper, evil shouts

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

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.

Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without read more

Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.

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.

This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is
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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.]