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> [“To begin with, I had never done any good deeds; besides, even if I had simply fabricated a few, I would not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-ageyev/to-begin-with-i-had-never-done-any-good-deeds-besides-even-if-i-had/)

[M. Ageyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-ageyev/)

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> [We have to do with God, to whom no one can look without the need of being good waking up in his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/we-have-to-do-with-god-to-whom-no-one-can-look-without-the-need-of/)

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

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> [Whenever you begin any good work you should first of all make a most pressing appeal to Christ our Lord to bring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-of-nursia/whenever-you-begin-any-good-work-you-should-first-of-all-make-a-most/)

[Benedict of Nursia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-of-nursia/)

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> [I must begin with a good body of facts and not from a principle (in which I always suspect some fallacy) and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/i-must-begin-with-a-good-body-of-facts-and-not-from-a-principle-in/)

[Charles Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-darwin/)

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> [The only joy in the world is to begin. It is good to be alive because living is beginning, always, every moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesare-pavese/the-only-joy-in-the-world-is-to-begin-it-is-good-to-be-alive-because/)

[Cesare Pavese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesare-pavese/)

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> [I don't get too much work to begin with, and whatever I get is mostly not good enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dimple-kapadia/i-don-t-get-too-much-work-to-begin-with-and-whatever-i-get-is-mostly/)

[Dimple Kapadia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dimple-kapadia/)

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> [I have often said that a person who wishes to begin a good life should be like one who draws a circle.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/i-have-often-said-that-a-person-who-wishes-to-begin-a-good-life/)

[Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/)

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