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To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.
To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.
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.
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
Be good and you will be lonesome
Be good and you will be lonesome
True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness.
True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness.
I've often said, the only thing standing between me and greatness is me
I've often said, the only thing standing between me and greatness is me
What's the good of it? for whose advantage?
[Lat., Cui bono?]
What's the good of it? for whose advantage?
[Lat., Cui bono?]
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.
This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is
good and to grieve at the read more
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.]
