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Lao-Tzu:Treat those who are good with goodness,

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Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained...
by Lao-Tzu


Leo Tolstoy:What a strange illusion it is to

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What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
by Leo Tolstoy


Francis Bacon:Of all virtues and dignities of

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Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.
by Francis Bacon


Lazarus Long:Delusions are often functional. A

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Delusions are often functional. A mother's opinions about her children's beauty, intelligence, goodness, et cetera ad nauseam, keep her from drowning them at birth.
by Lazarus Long


Akhenaton:The higher the sun ariseth, the less

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The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours.
by Akhenaton


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