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A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains. — Maxim Gorky

All that I can say about Owen Hart, is that I hope that I can be, as good a man as him, so that I can see him again, someday. — Jim Ross

A man may be very sincere in good principles, without having good practice. — Samuel Johnson

Everyone does it. It doesn't mean you're a bad man. It just means you're not as good of one as you should be. — D.C. Juris

People often tell me I could be a great man. I'd rather be a good man. — John F. Kennedy Jr.

When a man is at peace with his gods and ancestors, his harvest will be good or bad according to the strength of his arm. — Chinua Achebe

The best of lessons, for a good many people, would be to listen at a keyhole. It is a pity for such that the practice is dishonorable. — Sophie Swetchine

A good man will not waste himself upon mean and discreditable work or be busy merely for the sake of being busy. — Seneca.

Old but contented, the face of a man who had sipped life's vinegar and found it, by and large, to be mostly whiskey, and good whiskey at that. — Neil Gaiman

I dont feel like I would be a good mentor. I dont know what I have to offer in that respect. I do this for pretty selfish reasons. — Ryan Gosling

A man who is not a good friend to himself cannot be so to any one else. — John Lubbock

In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone; but sometimes it is a great relief. — John Barrymore

A good old man, sir. He will be talking. As they say, when the age is in, the wit is out. — William Shakespeare

I gotta hand it to ya, Tristan. You may be a world-class fuckup with what you done to Lisa, but you got taste, man. You got good taste. — A. Violet End

I want to be a good creature for reasons beyond sharing a life with a good man. — Chris Adrian

We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause. — William James

It is not being out at heels that makes a man discontented, it is being out at heart. To be contented is to be good friends with yourself. — Bliss Carman

How strange it is, that a fool or a knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man, or a wise man in poverty! — Ann Radcliffe

Every man who strikes blows for power, for influence, for institutions, for the right, must be just as good an anvil as he is a hammer. — J.G. Holland

I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing, that no man desires for himself. — Abraham Lincoln

I let a good many mistakes show through when fixing my sensations. It will always be the same and this is what makes me despair. — Claude Monet

[ ... ] no man can be a good judge of the comforts a woman feels in the society of one of her own sex [ ... ] — Jane Austen

The person, whom you favored with a loan, if he be a good man, will think himself in your debt after he has paid you. — Richard Steele

Once upon a time, I dreamed of becoming a great man. Later, a good man. Now, finally, I find it difficult enough and honor enough to be
a man. — Edward Abbey

Humanism was not invented by man, but by a snake who suggested that the quest for autonomy might be a good idea. — R.C. Sproul

You know, a sane man would be wetting his pants.. Good thing he was crazy as hell.
-Caillen's thoughts. — Sherrilyn Kenyon

I would strongly recommend any young man to stay away from criminal law. It's not a good place to be, unfortunately. — F. Lee Bailey

I don't aspire to be a good man. I aspire to be a whole man. — C. G. Jung

It cannot, indeed, be denied, that a good man is more worthy of love than a bad one. — Martin Luther

I think a man's "wordplay" can be so fucking sexy!!! I love a good mind fuck!! — Junnita Jackson

Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer. — Ted Williams

More than anything else, I'd like to be an old man with a good face, like Hitchcock or Picasso. — Sean Connery

Which would be worse, to live as a monster or to die as a good man? — Dennis Lehane

You came to me this morning
And you handled me like meat
You'd have to be a man to know
How good that feels, how sweet — Leonard Cohen

What is a man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? A beast, no more: — William Shakespeare

It is true that wealth won't make a man virtuous, but I notice there ain't anybody who wants to be poor just for the purpose of being good. — Josh Billings

The great end of being is to harmonize man with the order of things, and the church has been a good pitch-pipe, and may be so still. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him. — Thomas More

A man will be satisfied with good by the words of his mouth, and the work of a man's hands will reward him. Proverbs 12:14 — Beth Moore

It is fitting that a liar should be a man of good memory. — Quintilian

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen. — Aristotle.

Thus, I blush to add, you can not be a philosopher and a good man, though you may be a philosopher and a great one. — George Bernard Shaw

Beauty fades. But love? Love is a fire that needs sex to be burning strong. What good is a man who doesn't own a match to light your fire?" I — J.C. Reed

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones. — Bertrand Russell

What you are is a man who means to be good, and undo the bad he's done, and that's as good as any man ever gets. — Orson Scott Card

It is little the sign of a wise or good man, to suffer temperance to be transgressed in order to purchase the repute of a generous entertainer. — Francis Atterbury

My dear, be a good man be virtuous be religious be a good man. Nothing else will give you any comfort when you come to lie here ... God bless you all. — Walter Scott

Good manners make any man a pleasure to be with. Ask any woman. — Peter Mayle

If the leader is a good man he will be liked and if he's not, he won't, and if he is a good man and a bad leader then he is better off dead. — Bernard Cornwell

I may be a real bad boy, but baby I'm a real good man. — Tim McGraw

Loyalty is a good for the loyal man; but it may be mischievous for those whom his cause assails. — Josiah Royce

To be good is not enough; a man must be good for something — Henry Ford

We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Most important is be a good man. — Pele

A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman as bad as she dares. — Elbert Hubbard

To be a great man it is necessary to know how to profit by the whole of our good fortune. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him. — Euripides

Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts. — Finley Peter Dunne

A single man of good intelligence must be in want of a library card. — Trudy Wallis

The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man. — Diogenes Of Sinope

A man can appear to be a part of something not-so-good on its face, but don't take it upon yourself to judge him unless you know his motives as well. — Harper Lee

Good intentions can be evil, both hands are full of grease. You know, sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace. — Bob Dylan

A good man is as strong as the right woman needs him to be. — Gregory David Roberts

If a man is unable to find the way to Jesus, he ought to be led. It is good work this bringing the blind to Him who alone can give them sight. — Henry Clay Trumbull

No matter how good or great a man may be, there is yet a better and a greater man within him. — Wilhelm Von Humboldt

Anybody can be a believer; but anybody cannot be a good man! First, be good; then, in addition to this, be whatever you wish! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Even at her worst, she made me want to be a better man. To be good enough for the both of us. — Karina Halle

A woman has to be twice as good as a man to go half as far. — Fannie Hurst

There isn't a man on earth who doesn't at times pronounce an opinion on good and evil, even if it be only to find fault with somebody else. — Simone Weil

If a man has a right to be proud of anything, it is of a good action done as it ought to be, without any base interest lurking at the bottom of it. — Laurence Sterne

Be of good comfort, Mr. Ridley, and play the man! We shall this day light such a candle by God's grace, in England, as I trust never shall be put out. — Hugh Latimer

Character is what is hidden deep, shows up in the worst of times, be it good or bad, and reflects the heart of a man. — Robin M. Bertram

I may be a simple man, but I am very good with an axe. — Daniel H. Wilson

A man can well afford to be as bold as brass, my good fellow, when he gets gold in exchange! — Charles Dickens

A man who is swayed by negative emotions may have good enough intentions, may be truthful in word, but he will never find the Truth. — Mahatma Gandhi

For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is incompossible. — George Herbert

But a man like that deserved to never be thought of again. Why couldn't he have just stayed buried? No good had come of this. — Sarah Addison Allen

I sort of feel sorry for the next man who gets me. I may just kill him with passion. He'd better be strong and have a good heart! — Kirstie Alley

All good looks are a snare. They are a snare that every sensible man would like to be caught in. — Oscar Wilde

A man cannot be a good doctor and keep telephoning his broker between patients nor a good lawyer with his eye on the ticker. — Walter Lippmann

Knowing Master Huckaback to be a man of his word, as well as one who would have others so, I was careful to be in good time the next morning ... — R.D. Blackmore

A man who is good enough to go to heaven is not good enough to be a clergyman. — Samuel Johnson

There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him. — Robert A. Heinlein

A man likes to sleep with a brainy girl. She's a challenge. If he makes good with her, he figures he must be good himself. — Helen Gurley Brown

A good man is like a good corset. He will always be supportive and never leave you hanging.
MISS ABIGAIL JENKINS, 1875 — Margaret Brownley

Nature ordains that a man should wish the good of every man, whoever he may be, for this very reason that he is a man. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

a man's word must be as good as an oath sworn beneath the Light or it was no good at all. — Robert Jordan

I used to be a good party boy. I'm old. I'm an old man. You pay the consequences. I'm just fine with a couple of drinks, no more than that. — Javier Bardem

Art is not tame, and Nature is not wild, in the ordinary sense. A perfect work of man's art would also be wild or natural in a good sense. — Henry David Thoreau

The greatest good [a man] can do is to cultivate himself in order that he may be of greater use to humanity. — Marshall Field

It took a special kind of madness to try to be a pirate and a good man at the same time. — Matt Myklusch

I like a man who can be a real friend, has a good sense of humor, a good pair of shoes and a healthy gold card. — Victoria Beckham

I don't believe in God. My God is patriotism. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life. — Andrew Carnegie

I should be European, man. I'm long and lean. I'd look good in a trench coat. — J. B. Smoove

My motivation in life was to be a good enough man for her, worthy of her awesomeness. — Jasinda Wilder

A good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death, and that his affairs are not neglected by the gods. — Socrates

A good man will not lie, although it be for his profit. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Every man has an ambition. Let it be a good one. Just drive toward it with enthusiasm. — Debasish Mridha

When I was a baby, my mama told me son, always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns. But I shot a man in Reno. — Johnny Cash

Waste no more time arguing that a good man should be. Be one. — Marcus Aurelius