"If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived."
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"There may be good, but there are no pleasant marriages."
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"Knowing how bad you could be is a great encouragement to being good."
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"If music became extinct now, I dont know what Id be good for."
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"you got to want it to be good, and I don't want it."
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"I'm not that familiar with Andrew Garfield, but if the powers that be chose him, I'm sure he'll be good."
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"It's "Merry Christmas" at our house. Whatever it is at yours, have a happy one. And be good to somebody."
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"We all do what we can, and it has to be good enough, and if it isn't good enough, it has to do."
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"I like the whole package to be good, It's a rarity that that happens, so I end up not working a lot."
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"I think if you serve under John Kelly your morale is going to be good."
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"We all must try to be good."
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"To be good is to be in harmony with one's self."
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"A fool has not material enough to be good. [Fr., Un sot n'a pas assez d'etoffe pour etre bon.]"
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"The only way for a woman to provide for herself decently is for her to be good to some man that can afford to be good to her."
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"Each achieves one or both of two objectives — making liberals feel good about themselves and being good to liberal candidates."
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"Pharisaism is not a degeneration in a good man: a large portion of it is rather the condition of all being-good."
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"Whence do I get my rules of conduct? I find them in my heart. Whatever I feel to be good is good. Whatever I feel to be evil is evil. Conscience is the best of casuists."
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"To choose this or that is to affirm at the same time the value of what we choose, because we can never choose evil. We always choose the good, and nothing can be good for us without being good for all."
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"Be good only if being bad ain't more fun."
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"God is Good...Jesus is Lord Be Good to Yourself and each Other J-Jesus..O-Others..Y-Yourself"
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