“If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.”
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“A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.”
“Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.”
“It takes a great man to be a good listener.”
“On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.”
“It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants.”
“Acorns were good until bread was found.”
“The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.”
“I believe that we parents must encourage our children to become educated, so they can get into a good college that we cannot afford.”
“By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.”
“A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.”
“A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.”
“The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?'”
“The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's good.”
“The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.”
“A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.”
“An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.”
“Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.”
“I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.”
“I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.”
“No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.”
“No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.”
“If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.”
“I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.”