#good man

I think a gentleman is someone who holds the comfort of other people above their own. The instinct to do that is inside every good man, I believe. The rules about opening doors and buying dinner and all of that other 'gentleman' stuff is a chess game, especially these days. ↗

— Anna Kendrick

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Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains. ↗

— Maxim Gorky

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Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read. ↗

— Ross Perot

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It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune. ↗

— Sophocles

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War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always. ↗

— Sophocles

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I could start a war in 30 seconds. But some countries spend 100 years trying to find peace. Just like good manners, peace has to be learned. ↗

— Sylvester Stallone

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Like you do about Nelson Mandela, you can't help feeling the guy's a good man. ↗

— Ralph Steadman

#about #feeling #good #good man #guy

My father was a good man, but he was a con man. He was a wanderer, nomadic. ↗

— Danny Aiello

#con #father #good #good man #man

Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot. ↗

— Clarence Thomas

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