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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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Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

by Henry David Thoreau Found in: Goodness Quotes,
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The measure of your holiness is proportionate to the goodness of your will.

The measure of your holiness is proportionate to the goodness of your will.

by Jan Van Ruysbroeck 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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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.

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That good diffused may more abundant grow.

That good diffused may more abundant grow.

by William Cowper Found in: Goodness Quotes,
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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.

by Aristotle Found in: Goodness Quotes, Virtue Quotes,
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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.

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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.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Goodness Quotes,
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.

If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.

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