A jade stone is useless before it is processed; a man is good-for-nothing until he is educated.
ChineseTo use good things to our own ends is always a false religion
Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual GrowthA good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward.
A Clash of KingsBut death was her curse and her gift, and death had been her good friend these long, long years.
Crown of Midnight