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  • James Allen The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.
    James Allen
    British philosophical writer (1864 - 1912)
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  • Mae West A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life to be thankful for a good one.
    Mae West
    American actress (1893 - 1980)
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  • Acharya Mahapragya Thinking is good, but excessive thinking is not. Between thoughts if there is a period of thoughtlessness, thoughts will be fresh and pathbreaking. A thinker will be able to cultivate a strain of healthy thoughts only when he pays attention to thoughtlessness also.
    Source: Thought at Sunrise (2007)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson A good indignation brings out all one's powers.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Albert Einstein If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld Old people love to give good advice to console themselves for no longer being able to set a bad example.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • William Shakespeare If it is true that 'good wine needs no bush', 't is true that a good play needs no epilogue.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • A. V. Dicey Our constitution, in short, is a judge-made constitution, and it bears on its face all the features, good and bad, of judge-made law.
    Source: Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution
    A. V. Dicey
     
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  • Francis Maitland Balfour The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.
    Francis Maitland Balfour
    British biologist (1851 - 1882)
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  • Felix Adler Love of country is like love of woman - he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good.
    Felix Adler
    German American professor of political and social ethics (1851 - 1933)
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  • Mahatma Gandhi Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • Confucius A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Benjamin Franklin Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite grows keener by indulgence and all we can gratify it with at present serves but the more to inflame its insatiable desires.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Morarji Desai It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.
    Morarji Desai
     
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  • Joseph Addison One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughter.
    Joseph Addison
    English politician, writer and poet (1672 - 1719)
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  • J. Adams The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life.
    J. Adams
     
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  • Cato the Elder We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
    Cato the Elder
    Roman senator and historian (234 - 149)
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  • Janet Frame ''For your own good'' is a persuasive argument that will eventually make a man agree to his own destruction.
    Janet Frame
    New Zealand author (1924 - 2004)
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  • Freeman Dyson A good cause can become bad if we fight for it with means that are indiscriminately murderous. A bad cause can become good if enough people fight for it in a spirit of comradeship and self-sacrifice. In the end it is how you fight, as much as why you fight, that makes your cause good or bad.
    Freeman Dyson
    American arts, writer (1923 - 2020)
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