Truth does not do so much good in the world, As the appearance of it does evil.
Truth does not do so much good in the world, As the appearance of it does evil.
Our repentance is not so much regret for the evil we have done, as fear of its consequences to us.
No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
Often we exaggerate the goodness of others more for our own virtue in giving praise than for the virtues that we praise thus we invite commendation by seeming to dispense it.
There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
There is hardly a man clever enough to recognize the full extent of the evil he does.
No man deserves to be praised for his goodness unless he has the strength of character to be wicked. All other goodness is generally nothing but indolence or impotence of will.
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