The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day,

The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year. – Voltaire

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Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good. – Buddha

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I just want to say, good night, sweet prince, may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. – Harry Dean Stanton

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The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. – Jane Austen

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