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As if one could know the good a person is capable of, when one doe

As if one could know the good a person is capable of, when one doesnt know the bad he might do. – Elias Canetti

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You have but to know an object by its proper name for it to lose its dangerous magic. – Elias Canetti

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It is important to say all the great thoughts again, without knowing that they have already been said. – Elias Canetti

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A good heart will help you to a bonny face, my lad and a bad one will turn the bonniest into something worse than ugly. – Emily Bronte

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No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand. – Bertolt Brecht

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There are two perfectly good men, one dead, and the other unborn. – Chinese Proverb

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Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good while life and power are still yours. – Marcus Aurelius

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