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    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.]

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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.

by Christopher Dawson Found in: Goodness Quotes,
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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.

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Doing good,
Disinterested good, is not our trade.

Doing good,
Disinterested good, is not our trade.

by William Cowper Found in: Goodness Quotes,
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Be good and you will be lonesome

Be good and you will be lonesome

by Mark Twain Found in: Goodness Quotes,
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Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

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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.

by Walter Savage Londor Found in: Goodness Quotes,
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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.

by Robert Blair Found in: Goodness Quotes,
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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.

by Akhenaton Found in: Goodness Quotes,
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Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.

Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.

by Albert Schweitzer Found in: Goodness Quotes,
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