"The virtue of the good man is necessarily the same as the virtue of the citizen of the perfect state."
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"Evil succeeds when good men do nothing"
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"Many a good man I have seen go under."
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"A good man's fortune may grow out at heels."
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"Those that are good manners at the court are as ridiculous in the country, as the behavior of the country is most mockable at the court."
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"There live not three good men unhanged in England; and one of them is fat and grows old."
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"Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices."
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"The world is upheld by the veracity of good men: they make the earth wholesome."
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"The basis of good manners is self-reliance."
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"Of riches it is not necessary to write the praise. Let it, however, be remembered that he who has money to spare has it always in his power to benefit others, and of such power a good man must always be desirous."
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"Nothing deters a good man from doing what is honourable."
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"Living or dead, to a good man there can come no evil."
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"Whether on the ground of materialism, or of intellect, or of spirituality, the compensation that is given by the Lord to every one impartially is exactly the same. Therefore we must not think that we are the saviours of the world. We can teach the world, a good many things, and we can learn a good many things from it too. We can teach the world only what it is waiting for."
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"In England, we have such good manners that if someone says something impolite, the police will get involved."
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"Good men are bad men's instructors, And bad men are good men's materials."
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"For as laws are necessary that good manners be preserved, so there is need of good manners that law may be maintained."
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"God, what is all this talk put out by the popes? Paradise is here, my good man. God, give me no other paradise!"
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"The desire to know is natural to good men."
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"I can explain all the poems that were ever invented - and a good many that haven't been invented just yet."
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"Where there are no women there are no good manners"
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