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• He is at no end of his actions blest Whose ends will make him greatest, and not best.
  -- George Chapman (1557-1634) -- Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron, Act v, Sc. 1...
• They 're only truly great who are truly good. -- George Chapman (1557-1634) -- Revenge for Honour, Act v, Sc.
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• Methusalem might be half an hour in telling what o'clock it wa
  but as for us postdiluvians, we ought to do everything in haste...
• Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us worthy evidence of the fact.
  -- George Eliot (1819-1880) English writer, Impressions of Theophratus Such...
• Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our own deeds. -- Miguel de Cervante
• When our actions do not, Our fears do make us traitors.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Macbeth -- Act iv, Sc. 2...
• Our dignity is not in what we do, but in what we understand. -- George Santayana
• So our lives In acts exemplary, not only win Ourselves good names, but doth to others give Matter for virtuous deeds, by which we live.
  -- George Chapman (1557-1634) -- Bussy D'Ambois, Act i, Sc. 1...