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Quotes About Good men

There were some things that only time could cure. Evil men could be destroyed, but nothing could be done with good men who were deluded.
~ Arthur C. Clarke
Good men by nature, wish to know. I know that many will call this useless work... men who desire nothing but material riches and are absolutely devoid of that of wisdom, which is the food and only true riches of the mind.
~ Leonardo da Vinci
But of all the bonds of fellowship, there is none more noble, none more powerful than when good men of congenial character are joined in intimate friendship.
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
He repeated his question. "Your love life?" "Same old, you know. Nothing out there. All the good men are gay.
~ Marie-Elena John
None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license.
~ John Milton
There are men who make the world seem populated by good men, those who are intuitive, or have been taught.
~ Sarah Hall
And when the end comes, and when it is as horrible as good men always knew it would be, there is only one thing to say as all those good men approach the Throne of Judgment: I was misled.
~ Stephen King
But why, my dear Crito, should we care about the opinion of the many? Good men, and they are the only persons who are worth considering, will think of these things truly as they happened.
~ Benjamin Franklin
To all good men of reason, may they never thirst. (From Heaven Help The Devil).
~ Gordon Lightfoot
Law enforcement: a case of good men doing bad chores.
~ Stephen King
those men who know anything at all about the Light also know that there is a fierceness to its power, like the bare sword of the law, or the white burning of the sun.' Suddenly his voice sounded to Will very strong, and very Welsh. 'At the very heart, that is. Other things, like humanity, and mercy, and charity, that most good men hold more precious than all else, they do not come first for the Light. Oh
~ Susan Cooper
But if the want of those things which are necessary for the support of the living, as food and clothing, though painful and trying, does not break down the fortitude and virtuous endurance of good men, nor eradicate piety from their souls, but rather renders it more fruitful, how much less can the absence of the funeral, and of the other customary attentions paid to the dead, render those wretched who are already reposing in the hidden abodes of the blessed!
~ St. Augustine
The world seems full of good men, even if there are monsters in it.
~ Bram Stoker
Jasnah raised an eyebrow. "You will find wise men in any religion, Shallan, and good men in every nation. Those who truly seek wisdom are those who will acknowledge the virtue in their adversaries and who will learn from those who disabuse them of error. All others—heretic, Vorin, Ysperist, or Maakian—are equally closed-minded.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Good men don't become legends," he said quietly. "Good men don't need to become legends." She opened her eyes, looking up at him. "They just do what's right anyway.
~ Brandon Sanderson
The making of the far-famed New York Central Park was opposed by even good men, with misguided pluck, perseverance, and ingenuity, but straight right won its way, and now that park is appreciated. So we confidently believe it will be with our great national parks and forest reservations.
~ John Muir
Racism is a primary force of evil designed to destroy good men.
~ Bryce Courtenay
What kind of world permitted such terrible injustice, where good men were stripped of everything and soulless creatures of malice and hatred survived to glory in their pointless death?
~ Terry Brooks
The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of the journalism industry, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs, for no good reason.
~ Hunter S. Thompson
Probably all laws are useless; for good men do not want laws at all, and bad men are made no better by them.
~ Demonax
It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.
~ Henry Adams
Osama Bin Laden is dead? Oh my God, that was so easy! And it only took two trillion dollars, two wars and too many good men.
~ Christopher Titus
They were, doubtless, good men, just and sage. But, out of the whole human family, it would not have been easy to select the same number of wise and virtuous persons, who should be less capable of sitting in judgment on an erring woman's heart, and disentangling its mesh of good and evil, than the sages of rigid aspect towards whom Hester Prynne now turned her face.
~ Nathaniel Hawthorne
None can love freedom heartily, but good men - the rest love not freedom, but licence.
~ John Milton