974 private quotes tagged good

“The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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“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.” — Thomas Paine

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“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.” — Ernest Hemingway

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“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.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“Great and good are seldom the same man.” — Winston Churchill

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“The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.” — George Orwell

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“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?'” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“War is war. The only good human being is a dead one.” — George Orwell

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“A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.” — Charles Spurgeon

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“I have good looking kids. Thank goodness my wife cheats on me.” — Rodney Dangerfield

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“He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.” — Confucius

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“Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own rights.” — Thomas Carlyle

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“Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be.” — George Orwell

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“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.” — Jesus Christ

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“Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.” — Guillaume Apollinaire

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“In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone but sometimes it is a great relief.” — John Barrymore

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“Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.” — Booker T. Washington

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“It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning.” — Salvador Dali

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“I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good.” — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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“Of all the home remedies, a good wife is best.” — Kin Hubbard

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“Liars need to have good memories.” — Algernon Sidney

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“Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship.” — Marilyn Monroe

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“Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.” — Salvador Dali

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