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All men are born good
Act with kindness, but do not expect gratitude
Kindness steers no easy course. Attributing it to character, we seldom recognize the secret efforts of a noble heart, whereas we reward really wicked people for the evil they refrain from committing
Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together
There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves
Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one's own goodness
It is not goodness to be better than the very worst
Controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves
Of their bad influence, and their good receives.
Of their bad influence, and their good receives.
Character of the Happy Warrior
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
A kind and gentle heart he had,
To comfort friends and foes;
The naked every day he clad
When he put on his clothes.
To comfort friends and foes;
The naked every day he clad
When he put on his clothes.
Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
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On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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