If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. read more

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.

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.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

That good diffused may more abundant grow.

That good diffused may more abundant grow.

Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without read more

Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.

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

Doing good,
Disinterested good, is not our trade.

Doing good,
Disinterested good, is not our trade.

For the cause that lacks assistance,
The wrong that needs resistance,
For the future in the distance,
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For the cause that lacks assistance,
The wrong that needs resistance,
For the future in the distance,
And the good that I can do.

It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to be good than to be read more

It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to be good than to be ugly.