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  • Buddha A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • Iris Murdoch A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the façade of his appearance.
    Iris Murdoch
    Anglo-Irish novelist and philosopher (1919 - 1999)
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  • C. P. Snow A good many times I have been present at gatherings of people who, by the standards of the traditional culture, are thought highly educated and who have with considerable gusto been expressing their incredulity at the illiteracy of scientists. Once or twice I have been provoked and have asked the company how many of them could describe the Second Law of Thermodynamics. The response was cold: it was also negative. Yet I was asking something which is about the scientific equivalent of: Have you re
    The Two Cultures (1959)
    C. P. Snow
    English novelist (1905 - 1980)
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  • Michel Eyquem de Montaigne A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
    Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Mark Twain A good memory and a tongue tied in the middle is a combination which gives immortality to conversation.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Yves Saint-Laurent A good model can advance fashion by ten years.
    Yves Saint-Laurent
    French fashion designer (1936 - 2008)
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  • Jim Rohn A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.
    Jim Rohn
    American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker (1930 - 2009)
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  • Josh Billings A good place to visit, but a poor place to stay.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Somers White A good speaker is a good listener who hears what lessor speakers fail to.
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  • Brad Henry A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.
    Brad Henry
    American lawyer and politician (1963 - )
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  • Eric Hoffer A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Horace A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • John Pierpont Morgan A man always has two reasons for doing anything - a good reason and the real reason.
    John Pierpont Morgan
    American banker, financer, art collector (1837 - 1913)
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  • Mark Twain A monarch, when good, is entitled to the consideration which we accord to a pirate who keeps Sunday School between crimes; when bad, he is entitled to none at all.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • B. R. Ambedkar A people and their religion must be judged by social standards based on social ethics. No other standard would have any meaning if religion is held to be necessary good for the well-being of the people.
    B. R. Ambedkar
    Indian jurist, economist and politician (1891 - 1956)
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  • Elbert Hubbard A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Mark Twain A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne After mature deliberation of counsel, the good Queen to establish a rule and immutable example unto all posterity, for the moderation and required modesty in a lawful marriage, ordained the number of six times a day as a lawful, necessary and competent limit.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Henry David Thoreau Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Voltaire All kinds are good except the kind that bores you.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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