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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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To do good and be evil spoken of, is kingly.
[Lat., Bene facere et male audire regium est.]

To do good and be evil spoken of, is kingly.
[Lat., Bene facere et male audire regium est.]

by Unattributed Author Found in: Goodness Quotes,
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Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it
from themselves.

Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it
from themselves.

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There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would read more

There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.

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It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

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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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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.

by Mark Twain 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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To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.

To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.

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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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