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It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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One has to be a lowbrow, a bit of a murderer, to be a politician, ready and willing to see people sacrificed, slaughtered, for the sake of an idea, whether a good one or a bad one. ↗

— Henry Miller

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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. ↗

— George Washington

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We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause. ↗

— William James

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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

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'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and of obstinacy in a bad one. ↗

— Laurence Stern

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In the beginning I used to make one terrible play a game. Then I got so I'd make one a week and finally I'd pull a bad one about once a month. Now, I'm trying to keep it down to one a season. ↗

— Lou Gehrig

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He had one uniform practice, and a very bad one it was, during the time of family worship, and just three or four seconds before the conclusion of the prayer, he started to his feet, and ran barking round the apartment like a crazed beast. ↗

— James Hogg

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Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

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Is it really so difficult to tell a good action from a bad one? I think one usually knows right away or a moment afterward, in a horrid flash of regret. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

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