“How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.”
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“A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.”
“It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.”
“Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.”
“Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.”
“I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.”
“In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue.”
“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 truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.”
“Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.”
“The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.”
“A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.”
“About morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.”
“Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.”
“Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.”
“The pay is good and I can walk to work.”
“Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.”
“A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.”
“A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.”
“Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.”
“We are persuaded that good Christians will always be good citizens, and that where righteousness prevails among individuals the Nation will be great and happy. Thus while just government protects all in their religious rights, true religion affords to government it's surest support.”
“The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life.”
“A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.”
“Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory it too good.”