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However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue. ↗

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

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Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind. ↗

— Edmund Burke

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Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they occur, whether they copy these in advance or not. ↗

— William James

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Now here is a departure from the first principle of true ethics. Here we find ideas of moral wrong and moral right associated with something else than beneficial action. The consequent is, we lose sight of the real basis of morals, and substitute a false one. ↗

— Francis Wright

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I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks. ↗

— Alfred Hitchcock

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Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities. ↗

— Lord Dunsany

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One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut. ↗

— Eric Clapton

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It is my belief CAFTA will be beneficial for Alabama and the United States as a whole. ↗

— Spencer Bachus

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The accumulation of skill and science which has been directed to diminish the difficulty of producing manufactured goods, has not been beneficial to that country alone in which it is concentrated; distant kingdoms have participated in its advantages. ↗

— Charles Babbage

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Generally, social networking sites can be hugely promising and beneficial in opening new friendships and vistas and knowledge of the world, but they are also fraught with peril, when young people are reckless or headless. ↗

— Richard Blumenthal

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