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For all their luxury was doing good.
For all their luxury was doing good.
To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.
To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.
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.
Because indeed there was never law, or sect, or opinion, did so
much magnify goodness, as the Christian religion read more
Because indeed there was never law, or sect, or opinion, did so
much magnify goodness, as the Christian religion doth.
Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.
Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.
Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.
Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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.
A good man, through obscurest aspirations
Has still an instinct of the one true way.
[Ger., Ein read more
A good man, through obscurest aspirations
Has still an instinct of the one true way.
[Ger., Ein guter Mensch, in seinem dunkeln Drange,
Ist sich des rechten Weges sohl bewusst.]
