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It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more. – Woody Allen

Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good. – H. L. Mencken

Our creator is the same and never changes despite the names given Him by people here and in all parts of the world. Even if we gave Him no name at all, He would still be there, within us, waiting to give us good on this earth. – George Washington Carver

To be a good loser is to learn how to win. – Carl Sandburg

It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect. – Robert Louis Stevenson

The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect. – Robert Louis Stevenson

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil. – Robert Louis Stevenson

There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good. One person I have to make good: Myself. But my duty to my neighbor is much more nearly expressed by saying that I have to make him happy if I may. – Robert Louis Stevenson

Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and that glaringly. – Robert Louis Stevenson

I would go to the deeps a hundred times to cheer a downcast spirit. It is good for me to have been afflicted, that I might know how to speak a word in season to one that is weary. – Charles Spurgeon

To me, to be a conservative means to conserve the good parts of America and to conserve our Constitution. – Ron Paul

The good die young but not always. The wicked prevail but not consistently. I am confused by life, and I feel safe within the confines of the theatre. – Helen Hayes

A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never. – Henry Ward Beecher

Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone. – John Maynard Keynes

I want to state upfront, unequivocally and without doubt: I do not believe that any racial, ethnic or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge, regardless of their background or life experiences. – Sonia Sotomayor

It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises. – Chief Joseph

What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives? – E. M. Forster

A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about. – Miguel de Unamuno

The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. – Hannah Arendt

Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue. – David Hume