A man is not a good man to me because he will feed me if I should be starving, or warm me if I should be freezing, or pull me out ...of a ditch if I should ever fall into one. I can find you a Newfoundland dog that will do as much. Philanthropy is not love for one's fellow-man in the broadest sense. Howard was no doubt an exceedingly kind and worthy man in his way, and has his reward; but, comparatively speaking, what are a hundred Howards to us, if their philanthropy do not help us in our best estate, when we are most worthy to be helped? I never heard of a philanthropic meeting in which it was sincerely proposed to do any good to me, or the like of me.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
My love is thine to teach; teach it but how, And thou shalt see how apt it is to learn... Any hard lesson that may do thee good.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
At its best New Wave/punk represents a fundamental and age-old Utopian dream: that if you give people the license to be as outrage...ous as they want in absolutely any fashion they can dream up, they'll be creative about it, and do something good besides.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I never felt that getting angry would do you any good other than hurt your own digestion--keep you from eating, which I liked to d...o.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Why should all virtue work in one and the same way? Why should all give dollars? It is very inconvenient to us country folk, and w...e do not think any good will come of it. We have not dollars; merchants have; let them give them. Farmers will give corn; poets will sing; women will sew; laborers will lend a hand; the children will bring flowers.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
" ...He spoke to his wife in the door, 'Let me see, Mame, we don't know any good berrying place?'... It was all he could do to keep a straight face."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
BOSWELL. "I have often blamed myself, Sir, for not feeling for others as sensibly as many say they do." JOHNSON. "Sir, don't be du...ped by them any more. You will find these very feeling people are not very ready to do you good. They pay you by feeling."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The wanton Troopers riding by Have shot my Fawn and it will die.... Ungentle men! They cannot thrive To kill thee. Thou ne'er didst alive Them any harm: alas, nor could Thy death yet do them any good.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can...'t fight back.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »