There is a strange duality in the human which makes for an ethical paradox. We have definitions of good qualities and of bad; not changing things, but generally considered good and bad throughout the ages and throughout the species. Of the good, we t...
You know that euphemism, she’s expecting? It’s apt. The birth of a baby, so long as it’s healthy, is something to look forward to. It’s a good thing, a big, good, huge event. And from thereon in, every good things, too,” I added hurriedly, ...
A writer’s life is half ambition and half anxiety, and there has to be both. It is no good writing a novel and feeling fine, and it is no good writing a whole novel feeling miserable. It has to be both, that mixture of anxiety and ambition, and you...
The Perfect Person's Rule of Life: The perfect person does not only try to avoid evil. Nor does he do good for fear of punishment, still less in order to qualify for the hope of a promised reward. The perfect person does good through love. His action...
Jonathan Mardukas: Why would you eat that? Jack Walsh: Why? 'Cause it tastes good. Jonathan Mardukas: But it's not good for you. Jack Walsh: I'm aware of that. Jonathan Mardukas: Why do something that you know is not good for you? Jack Walsh: Because...
Danny Archer: So you think because your intentions are good, they'll spare you, huh? Benjamin Kapanay: My heart always told me that people are inherently good. My experience suggests otherwise. But what about you, Mr. Archer? In your long career as a...
You can always find good elements in the misfortune that strikes you.
Old bachelors and old maids are either too good or too bad.
Water from far away is no good for a fire close by.
Men can bear all things except good days.
Who has only one eye must take good care of it.
There is but an hour a day between a good housewife and a bad one.
One good argument is worth more than ten better ones.
The good white man dies, the bad one remains.
Nothing improves the taste of pasta more than a good appetite.
Do good and throw it into the sea -- if it is not appreciated by an ungrateful man, it will be appreciated by God.
He who leaves a good name does not die poor.
The cat with cream on her whiskers should have a good excuse ready.
It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
The horse that arrives early gets good drinking water.
The flip side of the coin of which Good and Evil are but one side.
