“There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could all benefit from instruction by us human beings. We humans are - more humane.”
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“You say it is the good cause that hallows even war? I say unto you: it is the good war that hallows any cause.”
“Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.”
“Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.”
“Dusting is a good example of the futility of trying to put things right. As soon as you dust, the fact of your next dusting has already been established.”
“Good artists copy, great artists steal.”
“A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.”
“Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!”
“Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth.”
“Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.”
“I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while.”
“A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.”
“It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture.”
“There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.”
“Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.”
“A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.”
“To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society because he is absolutely evil amounts to saying that society is absolutely good, and no-one in his right mind will believe this today.”
“A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue but moderation in principle is always a vice.”
“We made the buttons on the screen look so good you'll want to lick them.”
“They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.”
“That terrible mood of depression of whether it's any good or not is what is known as The Artist's Reward.”
“It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for.”
“All good books have one thing in common - they are truer than if they had really happened.”
“The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state.”