“And learn the luxury of doing good.”
Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774) Irish physician and writer
Source: The Traveller (1764), Line 22.
“He tried the luxury of doing good.”
Book iii, "Boys at School". Compare: "And learn the luxury of doing good", Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller, Line 22.
Tales of the Hall (1819)
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“Hard was their lodging, homely was their food;
For all their luxury was doing good.”
Samuel Garth (1661–1719) British writer
Claremont, line 148, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "And learn the luxury of doing good", Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller, line 22; George Crabbe, Tales of the Hall, book iii; "If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men’s cottages princes’ palaces", William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act i. Sc. 2.
“He tried to do his best but he could not.”
Neil Young (1945) Canadian singer-songwriter
Tired Eyes
Song lyrics, Tonight's the Night (1975)
Ethan Hawke (1970) American actor and writer
The Daily Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3620967/Love-that-goes-with-the-flow.html (2004-06-19) <br class="br">2000&ndash;2004
“Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.”
Anaïs Nin (1903–1977) writer of novels, short stories, and erotica
“No man knows what he can do until he tries.”
Carter G. Woodson book The Mis-Education of the Negro
Source: The Mis-Education of the Negro
“No one knows what he can do till he tries.”
Publilio Siro Latin writer
Maxim 786
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“That's what was great about him. He tried. Not many do.”
Jon Krakauer book Into the Wild
Source: Into the Wild
Brunello Cucinelli (1953) Italian entrepreneur and philanthropist
Source: CEO Talk | Brunello Cucinelli, Founder and Chief Executive https://www.businessoffashion.com/amp/articles/ceo-talk/ceo-talk-brunello-cucinelli-founder-chief-executive-brunello-cucinelli Imran Amed, Business of Fashion, 1 July 2014