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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.
The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less read more
The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours.
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
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.]
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.
The good he scorned
Stalked off reluctant, like an ill-used ghost,
Not to return; or if it read more
The good he scorned
Stalked off reluctant, like an ill-used ghost,
Not to return; or if it did, in visits
Like those of angels, short and far between.
Look around the habitable world, how few
Know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.
Look around the habitable world, how few
Know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.
No good Book, or good thing of any sort, shows its best face at
first.
No good Book, or good thing of any sort, shows its best face at
first.
As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an
evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable read more
As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an
evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil
that they set out to destroy.
