To assert, in any case, that a man must be absolutely cut off from society because he is absolutely evil amounts to saying that society is absolutely good, and no one in his right mind will believe this today.
There was nothing on earth so good that it had not something nasty about its first origin.[На земле нет ничего хорошего, что в своём первоисточнике не имело бы гадости.]
There never was a good War, or a bad Peace.
There is much difference between imitating a good man, and counterfeiting him.
There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages.
The mark of all good art is not that the thing is done exactly or finely, for machinery may do as much, but that it is worked out with the tender, appealing vitality of the workman’s heart and head.
The good times of today, are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.
So thou be good, slander doth but approve Thy worth the greater.
Singers come and go, but if you’re a good actor, you can last a long time.
Share that which is good and desirable and withhold that which is bad and undesirable.
Nothing can destroy the good writer. The only thing that can alter the good writer is death. Good ones don’t have time to bother with success or getting rich.
Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.