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“Nobody is fit to rule anybody else. It is not alleged that Mankind is perfect, or that merely through his/her natural goodness (or lack of same) he/she should (or should not) be permitted to rule. Rule as such causes abuse. There are no superpeople nor privileged classes who are above 'imperfect Mankind' and are capable or entitled to rule the rest of us. Submission to slavery means surrender of life.”

Should Mean Causes Natural Perfect Class Mankind Fit Goodness Capable Abuse Slavery Surrender Imperfect Entitled Privileged Submission Perfect Man Very Mean

Author:Albert Meltzer

“All are agreed that the various moral qualities are in a sense bestowed by nature: we are just, and capable of temperance, and brave, and possessed of the other virtues from the moment of our birth. But nevertheless we expect to find that true goodness is something different, and that the virtues in the true sense come to belong to us in another way. For even children and wild animals possess the natural dispositions, yet without Intelligence these may manifestly be harmful.”

Source: The Nicomachean ethics

“A good man will extend his munificence to the industrious poor of all persuasions reduced by age, infirmity, or accident; to thosewho labour under incurable maladies; and to the youth of either sex, who are capable of beginning the world with advantage, but have not the means.”

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Author:Samuel Richardson

“Of all evil I deem you capable: therefore I want the good from you.”

Want Evil Goodness Capable Good And Evil

Book:The Portable Nietzsche

Source: The Portable Nietzsche

“To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.”

Mind Heart Two Friendship Strength Friends Goodness Capable Proof Confusion Lasting Steady Romantic Love Real Friends Lasting Love Strength Of Mind Long Lasting Lasting Friendship

Book:The Collected Works of William Hazlitt: Memoirs of Thomas Holcroft. Liber amoris. Characteristics

Source: The Collected Works of William Hazlitt: Memoirs of Thomas Holcroft. Liber amoris. Characteristics

“I believe we're brutes, but then, miraculously, there are those among us who stand up against that brutishness and remind us of the goodness we're capable of.”

Believe I Believe Goodness Capable Brutes

Author:Julianna Baggott

“... so our customary practice of prayer was brought to mind: how through our ignorance and inexperience in the ways of love we spend so much time on petition. I saw that it is indeed more worthy of God and more truly pleasing to him that through his goodness we should pray with full confidence, and by his grace cling to him with real understanding and unshakeable love, than that we should go on making as many petitions as our souls are capable of.”

Way Should Mind Real Soul Understanding Prayer Practice Saws Grace Ignorance Goes On Praying Goodness Capable Worthy Petitions Inexperience Way Of Love

Author:Julian of Norwich

“Humans are capable of so much creativity and goodness and at the same time they are destructive and cruel. (Leta)”

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Book:Upon The Midnight Clear

Source: Upon The Midnight Clear

“Jem is nothing but goodness. That he struck you last night only shows how capable you are of driving even saints to madness.”

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Author:Cassandra Clare

“There are those who do not hold that there is any innate goodness to mankind. To them I say, had you lived my life, you would not believe it. I have known the depths to which mortals are capable of descending, and I have seen the heights. I have seen how kindness and compassion may grow in the unlikeliest of places, as the mountain flower forces its way through the stern rock.”

Source: Kushiel’s Legacy: (Kushiel's Dart, Kushiel's Chosen, Kushiel's Avatar)

“Men capable of governing empires fail to control a small white ball, which presents no difficulties whetever to others with one ounce more brain than a cuckoo clock. I wish to goodness I knew the man who invented this infernal game. I'd strangle him. But I suppose he's been dead for ages. Still, I could go and jump on his grave.”

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Author:P. G. Wodehouse