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The best way to avoid a bad action is by doing a good...

The best way to avoid a bad action is by doing a good one, for there is no difficulty in the world like that of trying to do nothing.

Quote by John Clare about action, difficulties, bad luck, bad, nothing, world, good, good luck

Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.

Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.

Quote by Jean Iris Murdoch about goodnes, end, being, good, good luck

You have a little bit of talent, a certain amount of good fortune and a lot of hard work in pursuit of whatever truth you can find in it, and if you are really lucky, a terrific partner and I have that and those four things worked out for me.

Quote by Donald McNichol Sutherland about success, wealth, contentment, talent, truth, work, things, good, good luck

The reader has to be creative when he's reading. He has to try to make the thing alive. A good reader has to do a certain amount of work when he is reading.

Quote by Nathalie Sarraute about literature, work, things, good, good luck

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

Quote by William M. Thackeray about laughter, home, house, good, good luck

I will reign as a good Romanian.

I will reign as a good Romanian.

Quote by Ferdinand I about leadership, good, good luck

Virtue looks good but it only suits imposing figures.

Virtue looks good but it only suits imposing figures.

Quote by Frank Wedekind about virtue, good, good luck

The public is always good.

The public is always good.

Quote by Franz Liszt about opinion, public, good, good luck

I love good and pleasure, I hate evil and pain, I want to be happy and I am not mistaken in believing, that people, angels and even demons have those same inclinations.

Quote by Nicolas Malebranche about opinion, angels, hate, pain, pleasure, happiness, good, good luck, love, people

A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, ...

A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect.

Quote by Francois de Salignac de la Mothe-Fenelon about homeland, country, respect, good, good luck

Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by...

Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means, without sinning against his own soul. The evil effect on himself is certain.

Quote by Robert Southey about bad, soul, end, good, good luck, man

We plough the fields and scatter The good seed on the land, But it is fed and watered By God's almighty hand; He sends the snow in winter, The warmth to swell the grain, The breezes and the sunshine And soft refreshing rain.

Quote by Matthias Claudius about poetry, rain, god, good, good luck

The Vatican is against surrogate mothers. Good thing they...

The Vatican is against surrogate mothers. Good thing they didn't have that rule when Jesus was born.

Quote by Elayne Boosler about humor, rules, things, good, good luck

There's one good kind of writer...a dead one.

There's one good kind of writer...a dead one.

Quote by James Thomas Farrell about literature, writers, good, good luck

Take a good hard look in the mirror and remember yourself...

Take a good hard look in the mirror and remember yourself as you are today, cause as time changes, so does the scenery.

Quote by Robert M. Hensel about change, good, good luck, time, contentment

Learn to limit yourself, to content yourself with some definite thing, and some definite work; dare to be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not and to believe in your own individuality.

Quote by Henri-Frederic Amiel about people, individuality, limits, grace, faith, work, things, good, good luck, contentment

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.

Quote by Henri-Frederic Amiel about woman, wish, good, good luck

Some are blessed with musical ability, others with good...

Some are blessed with musical ability, others with good looks. Myself, I was blessed with modesty.

Quote by Roger Moore about attitude, modesty, ability, good, good luck

To be a good loser is to learn how to win.

To be a good loser is to learn how to win.

Quote by Carl Sandburg about opinion, good, good luck

If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be...

If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.

Quote by Alfred Nobel about idea, good, good luck

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