Good Man Quotes - Page 8

• It is better for a city to be governed by a good man than by good laws.

  Aristotle

  Men, Law, Cities

  Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (1967). “Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study”

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• Every man depends on the quantity of sense, wit, or good manners he brings into society for the reception he meets with in it.

  William Hazlitt

  Men, Society, Manners

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1227, Delphi Classics

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• I am accounted by some people as a good man. How cheap that character is acquired! Pay your debts, don't borrow money, nor twist your kitten's neck off, nor disturb a congregation, etc., your business is done. I know things of myself, which would make every friend I have fly me as a plague patient.

  Charles Lamb

  Business, Character, Men

  Charles Lamb (1884). “Little essays, sketches and characters, by C. Lamb, selected from his letters by P. Fitzgerald”

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• Such is the prestige of the Nobel Award and of this place where I stand that I am impelled, not to speak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession and in the great and good men who have practised it through the ages.

  John Steinbeck

  Grateful, Pride, Men

  John Steinbeck (2002). “America and Americans, and Selected Nonfiction”, Viking Press

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• The wise man delights in water, the Good man delights in mountains. For the wise move; but the Good stay still. The wise are happy; but the good secure.

  Confucius

  Wise, Moving, Men

  Confucius (1998). “论语”

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• Most women find a man with good manners sexy.

  Candice Swanepoel

  Sexy, Men, Manners

  "Ask A Supermodel: Valentine's Tips For Men". AskMen Interview, www.askmen.com. February 12, 2012.

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  To become a champion requires a good mental attitude toward preparation. You have to accept the most tedious task with pleasure.

  Bruce Lee

  Attitude, Champion, Preparation

  Bruce Lee, M. Uyehara (1977). “Bruce Lee's Fighting Method: Advanced Techniques”, p.122, Black Belt Communications

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• A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.

  Sallust

  Wisdom, Men, Evil

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• How strange it is, that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man, or a wise man in poverty!

  Ann Radcliffe

  Wise, Men, World

  Ann Radcliffe (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ann Radcliffe (Illustrated)”, p.1096, Delphi Classics

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• Good manners on a man are like wearing an exquisite suit. They never go out of style

  Coco Chanel

  Men, Style, Suits

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• None But such as are good men can give good things, And that which is not good, is not delicious To a well-govern'd and wise appetite.

  John Milton

  Wise, Men, Giving

  John Milton, Henry John Todd (1852). “The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors; and with Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton, Derived Principally from Original Documents in Her Majesty's State-paper Office”, p.139

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• There cannot be a "good" society until there are "good" men.

  Frank Chodorov

  Men

  Frank Chodorov (1980). “Fugitive essays: selected writings of Frank Chodorov”, Liberty Fund Inc.

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• A good man giving bad advice is more dangerous than a nasty man giving bad advice.

  Conor Cruise O'Brien

  Men, Giving, Advice

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• There are many things that go to make up an education, but there are just two things without which no man can ever hope to have an education and these two things are character and good manners.

  Nicholas Murray Butler

  Education, Character, Men

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• You want to know about a good man? Man is the one who can carry the home and the family and have the strength to keep that weight going; woman is that which can nurture and nurse and be herself and can keep her radiance and have the strength of that.

  Harbhajan Singh Yogi

  Love, Family, Home

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• And let me tell you, you boys of America, that there is no higher inspiration to any man to be a good man, a good citizen, and a good son, brother, or father, than the knowledge that you come from honest blood.

  John Sergeant Wise

  Brother, Father, Inspiration

  John Sergeant Wise, Paul Dennis Sporer (2005). “End of an Era: The Last Days of Traditional Southern Culture as Seen Through the Eyes of a Young Confederate Soldier”, p.17, Anza Publishing

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• The education of young citizens ought to form them to good manners, to accustom them to labor, to inspire them with a love of order, and to impress them with respect for. lawful authority. Religion is the only solid basis of good morals; therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man towards God.

  Gouverneur Morris

  Education, Men, Order

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• The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.

  Edmund Burke

  Fate, Men, Evil

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• I know some say, let us have good laws, and no matter for the men that execute them: but let them consider, that though good laws do well, good men do better: for good laws may want good men, and be abolished or evaded [invaded in Franklin's print] by ill men; but good men will never want good laws, nor suffer ill ones.

  Patrick Henry

  Men, Law, Voting

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• A Mormon is a man that has the bad taste and the religion to do what a good many other people are restrained from doing by conscientious scruples and the police.

  Finley Peter Dunne

  Men, People, Police

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• The secrecy of Masonry is an honorable secrecy; any good man may ask for her secrets; those who are worthy will receive them. To give them to those who do not seek, or who are not worthy, would but impoverish the Fraternity and enrich not those who received them.

  William Howard Taft

  Men, Giving, Secret

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• A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. A good scientist has freed himself of concepts and keeps his mind open to what is. Thus the Master is available to all people and doesn't reject anyone. He is ready to use all situations and doesn't waste anything. This is called embodying the light. What is a good man but a bad man's teacher? What is a bad man but a good man's job? If you don't understand this, you will get lost, however intelligent you are. It is the great secret.

  Laozi

  Teacher, Jobs, Men

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• The Tao is the center of the universe, the good man's treasure, the bad man's refuge. Honors can be bought with fine words, respect can be won with good deeds; but the Tao is beyond all value, and no one can achieve it. Thus, when a new leader is chosen, don't offer to help him with your wealth or your expertise. Offer instead to teach him about the Tao. Why did the ancient Masters esteem the Tao? Because, being one with the Tao, when you seek, you find; and when you make a mistake, you are forgiven. That is why everybody loves it.

  Laozi

  Mistake, Men, Leader

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• The Bible must be the invention either of good men or angels, bad men or devils, or of God. However, it was not written by good men, because good men would not tell lies by saying 'Thus saith the Lord;' it was not written by bad men because they would not write about doing good duty, while condemning sin, and themselves to hell; thus, it must be written by divine inspiration

  Charles Wesley

  Lying, Inspiration, Angel

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• Evil prevails when good men fail to act.

  Edmund Burke

  Men, Evil, Action

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