Quotes of: Good-prose Keyword

It is good to know the truth and to speak the truth. It is even better to know the truth and speak about palm trees.

Arabian

It is no good going to the river just wanting to catch a fish; you have to take a net as well.

Chinese

It's better to do good in the neighborhood than to burn incense far away.

Chinese

To learn what is good, a thousand days are not sufficient; to learn what is evil, an hour is too long.

Chinese

To pretend to satisfy one's desires with worldly goods is like using straw to put out a fire.

Chinese

He who is outside the door has already a good part of his journey behind him.

Dutch

One enemy can harm you more than a hundred friends can do you good.

German

Taking water from the same well doesn't make all the wives' gravy taste good.

Ivorian

Thirty-six plans of how to win the battle are not so good as one plan to withdraw from the fight.

Japanese

In a good word there are three winters' warmth; in one malicious word there is pain for six frosty months.

Mongolian

To quarrel with a man of good speech is better than to converse with a man who does not speak well.

Sanskrit

If it is good then the deed is more important than the intention; if it's bad then the intention is worse than the deed.

Spanish

A man comes from the dust and in the dust he will end--and in the meantime it is good to drink a sip of vodka.

Yiddish

What can you do with a good cow that gives a lot of milk and then kicks the bucket over?

Yiddish

I believe it will have become evident why, for me, adjectives such as happy, contented, blissful, enjoyable, do not seem quite appropriate to any general description of this process I have called the good life, even though the person in this process ...

On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy

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Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women

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Jiminy Cricket: All right, then, here's what we'll tell 'em. You can't go to the theater. Say thank you just the same - you're sorry, but you've got to go to school. Pinocchio: Mmm-hmm. Foulfellow: Pinocchio! Oh, Pinocchio! Woo-hoo! Jiminy Cricket: H...

Pinocchio

Tony Montana: What you lookin' at? You all a bunch of fuckin' assholes. You know why? You don't have the guts to be what you wanna be? You need people like me. You need people like me so you can point your fuckin' fingers and say, "That's the bad guy...

Scarface

Johnny Cash: You're an angel. June Carter: No, I'm not. Johnny Cash: You've been there with me. June Carter: I had a friend who needed help. You're my friend. Johnny Cash: But I've done so many bad things. June Carter: You've done a few, that's true....

Walk the Line

The key to success isn't much good until one discovers the right lock to put it in.

Chinese