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To do good and be evil spoken of, is kingly.
[Lat., Bene facere et male audire regium est.]
To do good and be evil spoken of, is kingly.
[Lat., Bene facere et male audire regium est.]
All good things are wild, and free.
All good things are wild, and free.
Can one desire too much of a good thing?
Can one desire too much of a good thing?
Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to
men.
[Lat., Homines read more
Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to
men.
[Lat., Homines ad deos nulla re propius accedunt, quam salutem
hominibus dando.]
Whatever any one does or says, I must be good.
Whatever any one does or says, I must be good.
Doing good,
Disinterested good, is not our trade.
Doing good,
Disinterested good, is not our trade.
What's the good of it? for whose advantage?
[Lat., Cui bono?]
What's the good of it? for whose advantage?
[Lat., Cui bono?]
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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.