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> [“No; I'm not bad. But sometimes beautiful things grow bad by doing bad, and it takes some time for their badness to spoil their beauty. So little boys may be mistaken if they go after things because they beautiful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/no-i-m-not-bad-but-sometimes-beautiful-things-grow-bad-by-doing-bad/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [“Let me once more assert that Mr Malison was not a bad man. The misfortune was, that his notion of right fell in with his natural fierceness; and that, in aggravation of the too common feeling with which he had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/let-me-once-more-assert-that-mr-malison-was-not-a-bad-man-the/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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## Other authors on Badness

## More by George MacDonald

> [“No revelation can be other than partial. If for true revelation a man must be told all the truth, then farewell to revelation; yea,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/no-revelation-can-be-other-than-partial-if-for-true-revelation-a-man/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [In low theologies, hell is invariably the deepest truth, and the love of God is not so deep as hell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/in-low-theologies-hell-is-invariably-the-deepest-truth-and-the-love/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [Life and religion are one, or neither is any thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/life-and-religion-are-one-or-neither-is-any-thing/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [The region belonging to the pure intellect is straitened: the imagination labours to extend its territories, to give it room. She sweeps across the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/the-region-belonging-to-the-pure-intellect-is-straitened-the/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [Come, then, affliction, if my Father wills, and be my frowning friend. A friend that frowns is better than a smiling enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/come-then-affliction-if-my-father-wills-and-be-my-frowning-friend-a/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [Ah, what is it we send up thither, where our thoughts are either a dissonance or a sweetness and a grace?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/ah-what-is-it-we-send-up-thither-where-our-thoughts-are-either-a/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [You must learn to be strong in the dark as well as in the day, else you will always be only half brave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/you-must-learn-to-be-strong-in-the-dark-as-well-as-in-the-day-else/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [“Few delights can equal the mere presence of one whom we trust utterly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/few-delights-can-equal-the-mere-presence-of-one-whom-we-trust-utterly/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [“You have tasted of death now,” said the old man. “Is it good?” “It is good,” said Mossy. “It is better than life.” “No,”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/you-have-tasted-of-death-now-said-the-old-man-is-it-good-it-is-good/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [ “I wish I had \[made that song\]. No, I don't That would be to take it from somebody else. But it's mine for all… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/i-wish-i-had-made-that-song-no-i-don-t-that-would-be-to-take-it-from/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [Past tears are present strength.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/past-tears-are-present-strength/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/age-is-not-all-decay-it-is-the-ripening-the-swelling-of-the-fresh/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [I want to help you grow as beautiful as God meant you to be when he thought of you first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/i-want-to-help-you-grow-as-beautiful-as-god-meant-you-to-be-when-he/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [“Immeasurably imperfect it was, but false the impression could not be, for she saw with the eyes made for seeing, and saw indeed what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/immeasurably-imperfect-it-was-but-false-the-impression-could-not-be/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [Those that hope little cannot grow much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/those-that-hope-little-cannot-grow-much/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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