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Good Man Quotes - Page 4

The Sage was asked to define good manners? to which he replied, To bear patiently the rude ones.

Solomon ben Judah Ibn Gabirol, Benjamin Henry Ascher (1859). “A Choice of Pearls: Embracing a Collection of the Most Genuine Ethical Sentences, Maxims and Salutary Reflections”, p.145

It is infinitely better to have a few good men than many indifferent ones.

George Washington, Jared Sparks (1838). “The writings of George Washington”, p.287

Good manners consist of doing precisely what everyone thinks should be done, especially when no one knows quite what that is.

P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People”, p.9, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty. Good men will obey the last, but bad ones the former only. If our government ever fails, it will be from this weakness.

Thomas Jefferson (2011). “The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 7: 28 November 1813 to 30 September 1814”, p.648, Princeton University Press

To speak well of a base man is much the same as speaking ill of a good man.

Leonardo Da Vinci “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, Lulu.com

A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it.

Brigham Young (1856). “Journal of Discourses”, p.120