Quotes by Good Man As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. Abraham Lincoln good-man opportunity men A good man ("un homme de bien", Fr.) never wholly perishes, the best part of his being outlives (or survives) in eternity. African Spir good-man eternity men Bertrand Russell would not have wished to be called a saint of any description; but he was a great and good man. A.J. Ayer good-man saint men A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance. Alanis Morissette good-man men mean There are plagues, and there are victims, and it's the duty of good men not to join forces with the plagues. Albert Camus good-man goodness men What's natural is the microbe. All the rest-heath, integrity, purity (if you like)-is a product of the human will, of a vigilance that must never falter. The good man, the man who infects hardly anyone, is the man who has the fewest lapses of attention. Albert Camus good-man integrity men The applause of all but very good men is no more than the precise measure of their possible hostility. Alec Guinness applause good-man men The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses. Alexander Hamilton good-man passion men I count it a high honor to belong to a profession in which the good men write every paragraph, every sentence, every line, as lovingly as any Addison or Steele, and do so in full regard that by tomorrow it will have been burned, or used, if at all, to line a shelf. Alexander Woollcott good-man writing men The preternatural solemnity of a good many of the professionally religious is to me a point against them. Alfred North Whitehead solemnity good-man religious Good manners are the techniques of expressing consideration for the feelings of others. Alice Duer Miller good-man army feelings Good manners, Madam, are had these days not Allen Tate good-man weed plot Good manners require space and time. Alphonse de Lamartine good-man space manners Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them. Amy Vanderbilt good-man emotion manners How strange it is, that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man, or a wise man in poverty! Ann Radcliffe good-man wise men If a thing is right it can be done, and if it is wrong it can be done without; and a good man will find a way. Anna Sewell good-man done men States are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad. Antisthenes good-man states men God makes all things good; Man meddles with 'em and they become evil. Aphra Behn good-man evil men The love of wine is a good man's failing. Aristophanes good-man wine men Nor need it cause surprise that things disagreeable to the good man should seem pleasant to some men; for mankind is liable to many corruptions and diseases, and the things in question are not really pleasant, but only pleasant to these particular persons, who are in a condition to think them so. Aristotle good-man men thinking 1234567891011»