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Be sure you are right, then go ahead.
Be sure you are right, then go ahead.
The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was
The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was
Right is right, even if everyone is against it; and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it
Right is right, even if everyone is against it; and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it
For the ultimate notion of right is that which tends to the
universal good; and when one's acting in read more
For the ultimate notion of right is that which tends to the
universal good; and when one's acting in a certain manner has
this tendency he has a right thus to act.
- Francis Hutcheson,
But 'twas a maxim he had often tried,
That right was right, and there he would abide.
But 'twas a maxim he had often tried,
That right was right, and there he would abide.
No question is ever settled
Until it is settled right.
No question is ever settled
Until it is settled right.
Always do right. That will gratify some of the people and
astonish the rest.
Always do right. That will gratify some of the people and
astonish the rest.
To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.
To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.
