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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.]
Be good and you will be lonesome
Be good and you will be lonesome
No good Book, or good thing of any sort, shows its best face at
first.
No good Book, or good thing of any sort, shows its best face at
first.
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.
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.]
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.
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.
For all their luxury was doing good.
For all their luxury was doing good.
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.