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But if every man did the little he could — what a different world!

Only a little, it might be. But if every man did the little he could — what a different world!

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There is always more goodness in the world than there appears to be

There is always more goodness in the world than there appears to be, because goodness is of its very nature modest and retiring.

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when one or other of the Platonists is in love with a third person.

A Platonic friendship is perhaps only possible when one or other of the Platonists is in love with a third person.

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Evelyn Beatrice Hall

It is by character and not by intellect the world is won.

It is by character and not by intellect the world is won.

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I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.