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The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works. — Saint Augustine
To seek the highest good is to live well. — Saint Augustine
There is no possible source of evil except good. — Saint Augustine
Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. — Marcus Aurelius
Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig. — Marcus Aurelius
That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees. — Marcus Aurelius
Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil. — Marcus Aurelius
Tomorrow is nothing, today is too late; the good lived yesterday. — Marcus Aurelius
We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after… — Marcus Aurelius
Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time. — Marcus Aurelius
You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long. — Marcus Aurelius
Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this… — Marcus Aurelius
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. — Jane Austen
My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good… — Jane Austen
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. — Jane Austen
Good-humoured, unaffected girls, will not do for a man who has been used to sensible women. They are two distinct orders of being. — Jane Austen
One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best. — Jane Austen
Nobody minds having what is too good for them. — Jane Austen
I'm generous. I give good tips. It's just - the way I live my life, ironically enough, is: I don't want anything. I'm not a… — Paul Auster
I consider fiction a very high-class form of lying. I enjoy and admire it enormously, but I don't think I'm very good at it. — Diane Ackerman

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