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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If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then you have to pay for it in abuse and misunderstanding. – Zora Neale Hurston

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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. – Edmund Burke

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I wish theyd had electric guitars in cotton fields back in the good old days. A whole lot of things wouldve been straightened out. – Jimi Hendrix

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Candor is the brightest gem of criticism. – Benjamin Disraeli

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From very early on in my childhood – four, five years old – I felt alien to the human race. I felt very comfortable with thinking I was from another planet, because I felt disconnected – I was very tall and skinny, and I didnt look like anybody else, I didnt even look like any member of my family. – Patti Smith

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When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself. – Tecumseh

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