Berenger from Rhinoceros (1959)
Die Welt (1909); also in A Treasury of Jewish Quotations (1985) by Joseph L. Baron.
“It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.”
Source: The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
“Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.”
Speech at Plymouth, Massachusetts (22 December 1820)
“It is unfortunate that a good talent and a good man seldom come together.”
Es ist ein Unglück, daß ein braves Talent und ein braver Mann so selten zusammen kommen!
Source: Aphorisms (1880/1893), p. 25.
“3918. Praise makes good Men better, and bad Men worse.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Variant: 3162. Learning makes a good Man better, and an ill Man worse.
Speech at Plymouth, Massachusetts (22 December 1820)
“There's reason good, that you good laws should make:
Men's manners ne'er were viler, for your sake.”
XXIV, To The Parliament, lines 1-2
The Works of Ben Jonson, First Folio (1616), Epigrams
“The world is upheld by the veracity of good men: they make the earth wholesome.”
Uses of Great Men
1850s, Representative Men (1850)
Interview with World Investment News http://www.winne.com/fiji/vi04.html, 21 January 2003 (excerpts)
“When one has one good day in the year, one is not wholly unfortunate.”
Fourth Day, Novel XL
L'Heptaméron (1558)
