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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.
There shall never be one lost good! What was shall live as
before;
The evil is null, is read more
There shall never be one lost good! What was shall live as
before;
The evil is null, is nought, is silence implying sound;
What was good shall be good, with, for evil, so much good more;
On the earth the broken arcs; in the heaven a perfect round.
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.]
Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.
Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.
Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.
Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.
Whatever any one does or says, I must be good.
Whatever any one does or says, I must be good.
Be good and you will be lonesome
Be good and you will be lonesome
It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
