#good

In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#covers #ends #equivalent #good #habitual

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#good #men #own #persuade #takes

The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#expense #first #forehead #generals #good

The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#fulcrum #given #good #good opinion #lever

Good will, like a good name, is got by many actions, and lost by one. ↗

— Lord Jeffrey

#good #got #like #lost #many

I've written enough books with real celebrities, such as Walter Payton and Hank Aaron and Billy Graham, to know that fame looks good only to people who don't have it. ↗

— Jerry B. Jenkins

#billy #billy graham #books #celebrities #enough

I like to swim. It's good for the body and it helps clear my head. ↗

— Carly Rae Jepsen

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I have never had a social life, don't ever want one because it's boring. I'm just not very good with people, and you meet people every night who expect you to be this rock star with these developed social skills, which I don't have. ↗

— Daniel Johns

#boring #developed #ever #every #every night

We never considered ourselves to be a good band or anything, we just thought we were playing for fun and we wanted to play music that sounded like Black Sabbath or Soundgarden or the music we were into at that time. ↗

— Daniel Johns

#band #black #black sabbath #considered #fun

To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist. ↗

— Jasper Johns

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