(139 votes)   That man is good who does good to others; if he suffers on account of the good he does, he is very good; if he suffers at the hands of those to whom he has done good, then his goodness is so great that it could be enhanced only by greater sufferings; and if he should die at their hands, his virtue can go no further: it is heroic, it is perfect.

Jean De La BruyFre
1645-1696, French Classical Writer

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(123 votes)   She is such a good friend that she would throw all her acquaintances into the water for the pleasure of fishing them out again.

Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
1754-1838, French Statesman

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