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Goodness Quotes by Michel de Montaigne
- Report followeth not all goodness, except difficulty and rarity be joined thereto.
- For table-talk, I prefer the pleasant and witty before the learned and the grave; in bed, beauty before goodness.
- Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one's own goodness.
- Every other knowledge is harmful to him who does not have knowledge of goodness.
More Goodness Quotes
- I have often thought with wonder of the great goodness of God; and my soul has rejoiced in the contemplation of His… — Teresa of Avila
- If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church, it will… — Teresa of Avila
- Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man… — Francis Bacon
- Piety is the most solid goodness, and the vilest of what is evil is vice. — Abu Bakr
- Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
- Thank God, I never was cheerful. I come from the happy stock of the Mathers, who, as you remember, passed sweet mornings… — Henry Adams
- Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally; goodness is always the product of some art. — Charles Baudelaire
- Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love. — Saul Bellow
- If we believe in a God at all, we must surely ascribe to him perfection of wisdom and perfection of goodness; we… — Annie Besant
- A good person can make another person good; it means that goodness will elicit goodness in the society; other persons will also… — Bhumibol Adulyadej
- For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God. — Lionel Blue
- May the same Almighty Goodness banish the accursed monster, war, from all lands, with her hated associates, rapine and insatiable ambition! — Daniel Boone