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		<title>Fuller, Thomas (1654) -- Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 2, # 1855 (1727)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boast not of thy good Deeds, lest thy evil Deeds also be brought upon the Board.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Boast not of thy good Deeds, lest thy evil Deeds also be brought upon the Board.</p>
<br><b>Thomas Fuller</b> (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer<br><i>Introductio ad Prudentiam</i>, Vol. 2, # 1855 (1727) 
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		<title>Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von -- Aphorisms [Aphorismen], No. 104 (1880) [tr. Wister (1883)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world would be much better off if the pains taken to analyze the subtlest moral laws were given to the practice of the simplest. [Es stände besser um die Welt, wenn die Mühe, die man sich gibt, die subtilsten Moralgesetze auszuklüglen, zur Ausübung der einfachsten angewendet würde.] (Source (German)). Alternate translation: The world would [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The world would be much better off if the pains taken to analyze the subtlest moral laws were given to the practice of the simplest.</p>
<p><em>[Es stände besser um die Welt, wenn die Mühe, die man sich gibt, die subtilsten Moralgesetze auszuklüglen, zur Ausübung der einfachsten angewendet würde.]</em></p>
<br><b>Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach</b> (1830-1916) Austrian writer<br><i>Aphorisms [Aphorismen]</i>, No. 104 (1880) [tr. Wister (1883)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Aphorisms/pwEbAAAAYAAJ?gbpv=1&bsq=%22moral%20laws%22" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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(<a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Aphorismen/TS81BwAAQBAJ?gbpv=1&bsq=%22Es%20st%C3%A4nde%20besser%20um%20die%20Welt%22">Source (German)</a>). Alternate translation:<br><br>

<blockquote>The world would be in better shape if people would take the same pains in the practice of the simplest moral laws as they exert in intellectualizing over the most subtle moral questions.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Aphorisms/BeEnAAAAYAAJ?gbpv=1&bsq=moral%20laws">Scrase/Mieder</a> (1994)]</blockquote><br>						</span>
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		<title>Chamfort, Nicolas -- Products of Perfected Civilization [Produits de la Civilisation Perfectionée], Part 1 &#8220;Maxims and Thoughts [Maximes et Pensées],&#8221; ch.  2, ¶ 122 (1795) [tr. Merwin (1969)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The malevolent at times commit good actions, as though they wanted to see whether in fact they afford as much pleasure as good people pretend. [Les méchans font quelquefois de bonnes actions. On dirait qu&#8217;ils veulent voir s&#8217;il est vrai que cela fasse autant de plaisir que le prétendent les honnêtes gens.] (Source (French)). Alternate [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The malevolent at times commit good actions, as though they wanted to see whether in fact they afford as much pleasure as good people pretend.</p>
<p><em>[Les méchans font quelquefois de bonnes actions. On dirait qu&#8217;ils veulent voir s&#8217;il est vrai que cela fasse autant de plaisir que le prétendent les honnêtes gens.]</em></p>
<br><b>Nicolas Chamfort</b> (1741-1794) French writer, epigrammist (b. Nicolas-Sébastien Roch)<br><i>Products of Perfected Civilization [Produits de la Civilisation Perfectionée]</i>, Part 1 &#8220;Maxims and Thoughts <i>[Maximes et Pensées],&#8221;</i> ch.  2, ¶ 122 (1795) [tr. Merwin (1969)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://archive.org/details/productsofperfec0000seba_s1c9/page/130/mode/2up?q=%22malevolent+at+times%22" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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(<a href="https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Maximes_et_Pens%C3%A9es_(Chamfort)/%C3%89dition_Bever/2#:~:text=Les%20m%C3%A9chans%20font%20quelquefois%20de%20bonnes%20actions.%20On%20dirait%20qu%E2%80%99ils%20veulent%20voir%20s%E2%80%99il%20est%20vrai%20que%20cela%20fasse%20autant%20de%20plaisir%20que%20le%20pr%C3%A9tendent%20les%20honn%C3%AAtes%20gens.">Source (French)</a>). Alternate translations:<br><br>

<blockquote>Wicked people sometimes perform good actions. I suppose they wish to see if this gives as great a feeling of pleasure as the virtuous claim for it.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015014501913&view=2up&seq=54&q1=virtuous">Mathers</a> (1926)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The wicked sometimes perform good actions. One might say they wish to see whether it is true that they engender as much pleasure as respectable folk maintain they do.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Chamfort_Maxims/J9vwAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22perform%20good%20actions%22">Pearson</a> (1973)]</blockquote><br>						</span>
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		<title>Pratchett, Terry -- Discworld No. 39, Snuff [Miss Beedle] (2011)</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Goodness is about what you do. Not who you pray to. </p>
<br><b>Terry Pratchett</b> (1948-2015) English author<br>Discworld No. 39, <i>Snuff</i> [Miss Beedle] (2011) 
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		<title>Jefferson, Thomas -- Letter (1819-06-25) to Ezra Styles Ely</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The benevolent and sublime reformer [Jesus] of that religion [Judaism] has told us only that god is good and perfect, but has not defined him. I am therefore of his theology, believing that we have neither words nor ideas adequate to that definition. and if we could all, after his example, leave the subject as [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The benevolent and sublime reformer [Jesus] of that religion [Judaism] has told us only that god is good and perfect, but has not defined him. I am therefore of his theology, believing that we have neither words nor ideas adequate to that definition. and if we could all, after his example, leave the subject as undefinable, we should all be of one sect, doers of good &#038; eschewers of evil. No doctrines of his lead to schism.</p>
<br><b>Thomas Jefferson</b> (1743-1826) American political philosopher, polymath, statesman, US President (1801-09)<br>Letter (1819-06-25) to Ezra Styles Ely 
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		<title>Aristotle -- Nicomachean Ethics [Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια], Book  1, ch.  9 (1.9, 1099a.4) (c. 325 BC) [tr. Crisp (2000)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As in the Olympic Games it is not the most attractive and the strongest who are crowned, but those who compete (since it is from this group that winners come), so in life it is those who act rightly who will attain what is noble and good. [ὥσπερ δ᾽ Ὀλυμπίασιν οὐχ οἱ κάλλιστοι καὶ ἰσχυρότατοι [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As in the Olympic Games it is not the most attractive and the strongest who are crowned, but those who compete (since it is from this group that winners come), so in life it is those who act rightly who will attain what is noble and good.</p>
<p>[ὥσπερ δ᾽ Ὀλυμπίασιν οὐχ οἱ κάλλιστοι καὶ ἰσχυρότατοι στεφανοῦνται ἀλλ᾽ οἱ ἀγωνιζόμενοι （τούτων γάρ τινες νικῶσιν）, οὕτω καὶ τῶν ἐν τῷ βίῳ καλῶν κἀγαθῶν οἱ πράττοντες ὀρθῶς ἐπήβολοι γίνονται.]</p>
<br><b>Aristotle</b> (384-322 BC) Greek philosopher<br><i>Nicomachean Ethics [Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια]</i>, Book  1, ch.  9 (1.9, 1099a.4) (c. 325 BC) [tr. Crisp (2000)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Aristotle_Nicomachean_Ethics/A0ZpBAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA5&printsec=frontcover&bsq=olympics" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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(<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0053%3Abekker+page%3D1099a%3Abekker+line%3D1#:~:text=%E1%BD%A5%CF%83%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81%20%CE%B4%E1%BE%BD%20%E1%BD%88%CE%BB%CF%85%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BD%20%CE%BF%E1%BD%90%CF%87%20%CE%BF%E1%BC%B1%20%CE%BA%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%B9%20%CE%BA%CE%B1%E1%BD%B6%20%E1%BC%B0%CF%83%CF%87%CF%85%CF%81%CF%8C%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%B9%20%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%BF%E1%BF%A6%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%B9%20%E1%BC%80%CE%BB%CE%BB%E1%BE%BD">Source (Greek)</a>). Alternate translations:<br><br>

<blockquote>And as at the Olympic games it is not the finest and strongest men who are crowned, but they who enter the lists, for out of these the prize-men are selected; so too in life, of the honourable and the good, it is they who act who rightly win the prizes.<br>
[tr. <a href="http://www.online-literature.com/aristotle/ethics/1/#:~:text=And%20as%20at%20the%20Olympic%20games%20it%20is%20not%20the%20finest%20and%20strongest%20men%20who%20are%20crowned%2C%20but%20they%20who%20enter%20the%20lists%2C%20for%20out%20of%20these%20the%20prize-men%20are%20selected%3B%20so%20too%20in%20life%2C%20of%20the%20honourable%20and%20the%20good%2C%20it%20is%20they%20who%20act%20who%20rightly%20win%20the%20prizes.">Chas</a>e (1847), ch. 6]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>For as at the Olympic games it is not the fairest and the strongest who are crowned, but they that run -- for some of these it is that win the victory -- so too, among the noble and good in life, it is they that act rightly who become masters of life's prize.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Nicomachean_Ethics_of_Aristotle/m7RCAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA21&printsec=frontcover&bsq=olympics">Williams</a> (1869)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>As in the Olympian games it is not the most beautiful and strongest persons who receive the crown, but they who actually enter the lists as combatants -- for it is some of these who become victors -- so it is they who act rightly that attain what is noble and good in life.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Nicomachean_Ethics_of_Aristotle/T04yAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA19&printsec=frontcover&bsq=%22olympian%20games%20it%20is%20not%22">Welldon</a> (1892), ch. 9]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>And as at the Olympic games it is not the fairest and strongest who receive the crown, but those who contend (for among these are the victors), so in life, too, the winners are those who not only have all the excellences, but manifest these in deed.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://oll.libertyfund.org/title/peters-the-nicomachean-ethics#:~:text=And%20as%20at%20the%20Olympic%20games%20it%20is%20not%20the%20fairest%20and%20strongest%20who%20receive%20the%20crown%2C%20but%20those%20who%20contend%20(for%20among%20these%20are%20the%20victors)%2C%20so%20in%20life%2C%20too%2C%20the%20winners%20are%20those%20who%20not%20only%20have%20all%20the%20excellences%2C%20but%20manifest%20these%20in%20deed.">Peters</a> (1893)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>And as in the Olympic Games it is not the most beautiful and the strongest that are crowned but those who compete (for it is some of these that are victorious), so those who act win, and rightly win, the noble and good things in life.<br>
[tr. <a href="http://classics.mit.edu//Aristotle/nicomachaen.1.i.html#:~:text=And%20as%20in%20the%20Olympic%20Games%20it%20is%20not%20the%20most%20beautiful%20and%20the%20strongest%20that%20are%20crowned%20but%20those%20who%20compete%20(for%20it%20is%20some%20of%20these%20that%20are%20victorious)%2C%20so%20those%20who%20act%20win%2C%20and%20rightly%20win%2C%20the%20noble%20and%20good%20things%20in%20life.">Ross</a> (1908)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>And just as at the Olympic games the wreaths of victory are not bestowed upon the handsomest and strongest persons present, but on men who enter for the competitions -- since it is among these that the winners are found, -- so it is those who <i>act</i> rightly who carry off the prizes and good things of life.<br> 
[tr. <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0054%3Abook%3D1%3Achapter%3D8%3Asection%3D9#:~:text=And%20just%20as%20at%20the%20Olympic%20games%20the%20wreaths%20of%20victory%20are%20not%20bestowed%20upon%20the%20handsomest%20and%20strongest%20persons%20present%2C%20but%20on%20men%20who%20enter%20for%20the%20competitions%E2%80%94since%20it%20is%20among%20these%20that%20the%20winners%20are%20found%2C%E2%80%94so%20it%20is%20those%20who%20act%20rightly%20who%20carry%20off%20the%20prizes%20and%20good%20things%20of%20life.">Rackham</a> (1934), ch. 8, sec. 9]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>And just as in the Olympic Games it is not the noblest and strongest who get the victory crown but the competitors (since it is among these that the ones who win are found), so also among the noble and good aspects of life it is those who act correctly who win the prizes.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Nicomachean_Ethics/Rq3xAgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PR8&printsec=frontcover&bsq=%22noble%20and%20good%20aspects%22">Reeve</a> (1948)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>And as at the Olympic Games it is not the most beautiful or the strongest who are crowned but those who compete (for it is some of these who become victors), so in life it is those who <i>act</i> rightly who become the winners of good and noble things.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Nicomachean_Ethics/pD3wCAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PR3&printsec=frontcover&bsq=olympics">Apostle</a> (1975), ch. 9]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Just as at the Olympic Games it is not the best-looking or the strongest men present that are crowned with wreaths, but the competitors (because it is from them that the winners come), so it is those who <i>act</i> that rightly win the honors and rewards in life. <br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Nicomachean_Ethics/iBoqmEvavawC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA20&printsec=frontcover&bsq=%22just%20as%20at%20the%20olympic%22">Thomson/Tredennick</a> (1976)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>For just as it is not the noblest and strongest who are crowned with the victory wreath at the Olympic Games but rather the competitors (for it is certain of these who win), so also it is those who act correctly who attain the noble and good things in life.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Aristotle_s_Nicomachean_Ethics/3JuePlN_03cC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA13&printsec=frontcover&bsq=%22wreath%20in%20the%20olympic%20games%22">Bartlett/Collins</a> (2011)]</blockquote><br>						</span>
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		<title>Pratchett, Terry -- Discworld No. 39, Snuff (2011)</title>
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<br><b>Terry Pratchett</b> (1948-2015) English author<br>Discworld No. 39, <i>Snuff</i> (2011) 
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		<title>Franklin, Benjamin -- Letter to Josiah and Abiah Franklin (13 Apr 1738)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think vital Religion has always suffer&#8217;d, when Orthodoxy is more regarded than Virtue. And the Scripture assures me, that at the last Day, we shall not be examin&#8217;d what we thought, but what we did; and our Recommendation will not be that we said Lord, Lord, but that we did GOOD to our Fellow [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think vital Religion has always suffer&#8217;d, when Orthodoxy is more regarded than Virtue. And the Scripture assures me, that at the last Day, we shall not be examin&#8217;d what we <i>thought,</i> but what we <i>did;</i> and our Recommendation will not be that we said <i>Lord, Lord,</i> but that we did GOOD to our Fellow Creatures. </p>
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<br><b>Benjamin Franklin</b> (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist<br>Letter to Josiah and Abiah Franklin (13 Apr 1738) 
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His parents. Franklin cites Matt. 26 in the letter, but it should be <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew+25%3A31-46&version=NRSV">Matt. 25:31-46</a>.						</span>
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		<title>Taylor, Jeremy -- Sermon 25, &#8220;The Duties of the Tongue,&#8221; Part 4 [Eph. 4:29]</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>God is pleased with no music from below so much as in the thanksgiving songs of relieved widows, of supported orphans, of rejoicing, and comforted, and thankful persons.</p>
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<br><b>Jeremy Taylor</b> (1613-1667) English cleric and author<br>Sermon 25, &#8220;The Duties of the Tongue,&#8221; Part 4 [Eph. 4:29] 
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		<description><![CDATA[Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth &#8212; which goes with him only while good fortune lasts. Second, his relatives &#8212; they go only as far as the grave and leave him there. The third friend, his good deeds, go with him beyond the grave. I could not find an actual [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth &#8212; which goes with him only while good fortune lasts. Second, his relatives &#8212; they go only as far as the grave and leave him there. The third friend, his good deeds, go with him beyond the grave.</p>
<br><b>The Talmud</b> (AD 200-500) Collection of Jewish rabbinical writings<br>(Attributed) 
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I could not find an actual citation for this quotation, but the story (the explanation of a parable, in which a man is summoned before a king, and while his dearest friend will not go with him, and his second best friend will only go to the palace gates, his least-loved friend goes with him before the throne) shows up with different translation in multiple sources:
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 	<li><i><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=SAAvAAAAYAAJ&amp;pg=PA348">The Talmud: Selections</a>, </i>Part 5 "Civil and Criminal Laws -- the Holy Days" - "The Day of Atonement" [tr. Polano (1876)].</li>
 	<li>Isaac Aboav, <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1M-ganSU70kC&amp;pg=PA23"><i>Lamp of Light [Menorat Hamoar]</i></a> [14th C], Fifth Lamp "Teshuvah," Sec. 2 [ch. 3]  in Leonard Kravitz and Kerry Olitzky, &lt;i&gt;Journey of the Soul: Traditional Sources on the&lt;/i&gt; Teshuvah (1995).</li>
 	<li><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Uv8LAAAAIAAJ&amp;dq=talmud%20king%20summoned&amp;pg=PA61#v=onepage&amp;q=talmud%20king%20summoned&amp;f=false"><i>Talmudic and Other Legends</i></a> [tr., comp. Weiss (1888 ed.), "Man's Three Friends" (Pirke R. Eliezer).</li>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When all is said and all is done,<br />
When all is lost or all is won &#8212;<br />
In spite of musty theory,<br />
Of purblind faith and vain conceit,<br />
Of barren creed and sophistry:<br />
In spite of all &#8212; success, defeat,<br />
The Judge accords to worst and best,<br />
Impartially, this final test:<br />
What hast thou done with brawn and brain,<br />
To help the world to lose or gain<br />
An onward step? Canst reckon one<br />
Unselfish, brave or noble deed,<br />
That thou &#8212; nor counting cost! Hast done<br />
To help a brother&#8217;s crying need?<br />
Not what <i>professed</i> nor what <i>believed</i> &#8212;<br />
But <i>what good thing hast thou achieved?</i></p>
<br><b>James Ball Naylor</b> (1860-1945) American physician, writer, poet, politician<br>&#8220;The Final Test&#8221; 
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<br><b>Rowland Hill</b> (1795-1879) English teacher, inventor, social reformer.<br>(Attributed) 
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Quoted in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, <i>Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers</i> (1895).						</span>
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		<title>Adams, John -- Letter (1777-03-17) to Nabby Adams (Abigail Adams 2d)</title>
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<br><b>John Adams</b> (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)<br>Letter (1777-03-17) to Nabby Adams (Abigail Adams 2d) 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great minds, like heaven, are pleased in doing good,<br />
Though the ungrateful subjects of their favors<br />
Are barren in return.</p>
<br><b>Nicholas Rowe</b> (1674-1718) English poet and dramatist<br><i>Tamerlane</i>, Act 2, sc. 2 (1701) 
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		<title>Richter, Jean-Paul -- (Attributed)</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The virtues, like the body, become strong more by labor than by nourishment.</p>
<br><b>Jean Paul Richter</b> (1763-1825) German writer, art historian, philosopher, littérateur [Johann Paul Friedrich Richter; pseud. Jean Paul]<br>(Attributed) 
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Quoted in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, <i>Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers</i> (1895).
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		<title>Franklin, Benjamin -- Letter to Ezra Stiles (9 Mar 1790)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is my Creed: I believe in one God, Creator of the Universe. That He governs it by his Providence. That he ought to be worshipped. That the most acceptable Service we can render to him, is doing Good to his other Children. That the Soul of Man is immortal, and will be treated with [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is my Creed: I believe in one God, Creator of the Universe. That He governs it by his Providence. That he ought to be worshipped. That the most acceptable Service we can render to him, is doing Good to his other Children. That the Soul of Man is immortal, and will be treated with Justice in another Life respecting its Conduct in this. These I take to be the fundamental Principles of all sound Religion, and I regard them as you do, in whatever Sect I meet with them.</p>
<br><b>Benjamin Franklin</b> (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist<br>Letter to Ezra Stiles (9 Mar 1790) 
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		<title>Twain, Mark -- Letter (1901-02-16) to the Young People&#8217;s Society, Greenpoint Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Twain-Always-do-right.png"><img decoding="async" src="https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Twain-Always-do-right-297x300.png" alt="Twain - always do right quotation" title="Twain - always do right quotation" width="297" height="300" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-70082" srcset="https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Twain-Always-do-right-297x300.png 297w, https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Twain-Always-do-right-100x100.png 100w, https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Twain-Always-do-right-60x60.png 60w, https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Twain-Always-do-right.png 524w" sizes="(max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px" /></a>Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest.</p>
<br><b>Mark Twain</b> (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]<br>Letter (1901-02-16) to the Young People&#8217;s Society, Greenpoint Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn 
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The Society had invited Twain to come and speak. In response, he sent a card with this aphorism on it. A reproduction is in the frontispiece of Bernard DeVoto, ed., <i><a href="https://archive.org/details/marktwaininerupt0000mark/page/n11/mode/2up">Mark Twain in Eruption</a></i> (1922), which was the earliest citation I could find. 
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		<title>Bible, Vol. 2. New Testament -- Book  6. Letter to the Romans 12:19ff (Rom 12:19–21) [NRSV (2021 ed.)]</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says the Lord.” Instead, “if your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them something to drink, for by doing this you will heap burning coals on their heads.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.</p>
<p>[μὴ ἑαυτοὺς ἐκδικοῦντες, ἀγαπητοί, ἀλλὰ δότε τόπον τῇ ὀργῇ, γέγραπται γάρ, &#8221; Ἐμοὶ ἐκδίκησις, ἐγὼ ἀνταποδώσω,&#8221; λέγει κύριος. ἀλλ᾽ &#8221; ἐὰν πεινᾷ ὁ ἐχθρός σου, ψώμιζε αὐτόν· ἐὰν διψᾷ, πότιζε αὐτόν· τοῦτο γὰρ ποιῶν ἄνθρακας πυρὸς σωρεύσεις ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ.&#8221; μὴ νικῶ ὑπὸ τοῦ κακοῦ ἀλλὰ νίκα ἐν τῷ ἀγαθῷ τὸ κακόν.]</p>
<br><b>The Bible (The New Testament)</b> (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture<br>Book  6. <i>Letter to the Romans</i> 12:19ff (Rom 12:19–21) [NRSV (2021 ed.)] 
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The two passages quoted are <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deut.32.35&version=AKJV">Deut. 32:35</a> and <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Prov.25.21-Prov.25.22&version=AKJV">Proverbs 25:21-22</a>.<br><br>

(<a href="https://tips.translation.bible/tip_verse/rom-1219/">Source (Greek)</a>). Alternate translations:<br><br>

<blockquote>Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.<br>
[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=romans%2012%3A19-21&version=AKJV">KJV</a> (1611)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Never try to get revenge; leave that, my friends, to God's anger. As scripture says: vengeance is mine - I will pay them back, the Lord promises. But there is more: If your enemy is hungry, you should give him food, and if he is thirsty, let him drink. Thus you heap red-hot coals on his head. Resist evil and conquer it with good.<br>
[<a href="https://www.seraphim.my/bible/jb/JB-NT06%20ROMANS.htm#:~:text=Never%20try%20to,it%20with%20good.">JB</a> (1966)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Never try to get revenge: leave that, my dear friends, to the Retribution. As scripture says: Vengeance is mine -- I will pay them back, the Lord promises. And more: If your enemy is hungry, give him something to eat; if thirsty, something to drink. By this, you will be heaping red-hot coals on his head. Do not be mastered by evil, but master evil with good.<br>
[<a href="https://www.bibliacatolica.com.br/en/new-jerusalem-bible/romans/12/#:~:text=Never%20try%20to,evil%20with%20good.">NJB</a> (1985)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Never take revenge, my friends, but instead let God's anger do it. For the scripture says, “I will take revenge, I will pay back, says the Lord.”  Instead, as the scripture says: “If your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them a drink; for by doing this you will make them burn with shame.” Do not let evil defeat you; instead, conquer evil with good.<br>
[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=romans%2012%3A19-21&version=GNT">GNT</a> (1992 ed.)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Don’t try to get revenge for yourselves, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath. It is written, <i>Revenge belongs to me; I will pay it back, says the Lord.</i> Instead, <i>If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. By doing this, you will pile burning coals of fire upon his head.</i> Don’t be defeated by evil, but defeat evil with good.<br>
[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=romans%2012%3A19-21&version=CEB">CEB</a> (2011)]</blockquote><br>






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		<title>Bible, Vol. 2. New Testament -- Book  1. Gospel of Matthew  6: 1ff (Matt 6:1–6) (Jesus) [CEB (2011)]</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="tab">Be careful that you don’t practice your religion in front of people to draw their attention. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.<br />
<span class="tab">Whenever you give to the poor, don’t blow your trumpet as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets so that they may get praise from people. I assure you, that’s the only reward they’ll get. But when you give to the poor, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing so that you may give to the poor in secret. Your Father who sees what you do in secret will reward you.<br />
<span class="tab">When you pray, don’t be like hypocrites. They love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners so that people will see them. I assure you, that’s the only reward they’ll get. But when you pray, go to your room, shut the door, and pray to your Father who is present in that secret place. Your Father who sees what you do in secret will reward you.</p>
<p><span class="tab">[Προσέχετε [δὲ] τὴν δικαιοσύνην ὑμῶν μὴ ποιεῖν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων πρὸς τὸ θεαθῆναι αὐτοῖς· εἰ δὲ μή γε, μισθὸν οὐκ ἔχετε παρὰ τῷ πατρὶ ὑμῶν τῷ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς.<br />
<span class="tab">Ὅταν οὖν ποιῇς ἐλεημοσύνην, μὴ σαλπίσῃς ἔμπροσθέν σου, ὥσπερ οἱ ὑποκριταὶ ποιοῦσιν ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς καὶ ἐν ταῖς ῥύμαις, ὅπως δοξασθῶσιν ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων· ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀπέχουσιν τὸν μισθὸν αὐτῶν. σοῦ δὲ ποιοῦντος ἐλεημοσύνην μὴ γνώτω ἡ ἀριστερά σου τί ποιεῖ ἡ δεξιά σου, ὅπως ᾖ σου ἡ ἐλεημοσύνη ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ· καὶ ὁ πατήρ σου ὁ βλέπων ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ ἀποδώσει σοι.<br />
<span class="tab">Καὶ ὅταν προσεύχησθε, οὐκ ἔσεσθε ὡς οἱ ὑποκριταί, ὅτι φιλοῦσιν ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς καὶ ἐν ταῖς γωνίαις τῶν πλατειῶν ἑστῶτες προσεύχεσθαι, ὅπως φανῶσιν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις· ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀπέχουσιν τὸν μισθὸν αὐτῶν. σὺ δὲ ὅταν προσεύχῃ, εἴσελθε εἰς τὸ ταμεῖόν σου καὶ κλείσας τὴν θύραν σου πρόσευξαι τῷ πατρί σου τῷ ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ· καὶ ὁ πατήρ σου ὁ βλέπων ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ ἀποδώσει σοι.]</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<br><b>The Bible (The New Testament)</b> (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture<br>Book  1. <i>Gospel of Matthew</i>  6: 1ff (Matt 6:1–6) (Jesus) [CEB (2011)] 
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No Synoptic parallels.<br><br>

(<a href="https://tips.translation.bible/tip_verse/matt-61/">Source (Greek)</a>). Alternate translations:<br><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.<br>
<span class="tab">And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.<br>
[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+6%3A1-6&version=AKJV">KJV</a> (1611)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">Be careful not to parade your good deeds before men to attract their notice; by doing this you will lose all reward from your Father in heaven.<br>
<span class="tab">So when you give alms, do not have it trumpeted before you; this is what the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win men's admiration. I tell you solemnly, they have had their reward. But when you give alms, your left hand must not know what your right is doing; your almsgiving must be secret, and your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you.<br>
<span class="tab">And when you pray, do not imitate the hypocrites: they love to say their prayers standing up in the synagogues and at the street corners for people to see them; I tell you solemnly, they have had their reward. But when you pray, go to your private room and, when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in that secret place, and your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you.<br>
[<a href="https://www.seraphim.my/bible/jb/JB-NT01%20MATTHEW.htm#:~:text=Be%20careful%20not%20to%20parade%20your%20good%20deeds%20before%20men">JB</a> (1966)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">Make certain you do not perform your religious duties in public so that people will see what you do. If you do these things publicly, you will not have any reward from your Father in heaven.<br>
<span class="tab">So when you give something to a needy person, do not make a big show of it, as the hypocrites do in the houses of worship and on the streets. They do it so that people will praise them. I assure you, they have already been paid in full. But when you help a needy person, do it in such a way that even your closest friend will not know about it. Then it will be a private matter. And your Father, who sees what you do in private, will reward you.<br>
<span class="tab">When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites! They love to stand up and pray in the houses of worship and on the street corners, so that everyone will see them. I assure you, they have already been paid in full. But when you pray, go to your room, close the door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what you do in private, will reward you.<br>
[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+6%3A1-6&version=GNT">GNT</a> (1976)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">Be careful not to parade your uprightness in public to attract attention; otherwise you will lose all reward from your Father in heaven.<br>
<span class="tab">When you pray, don’t be like hypocrites. They love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners so that people will see them. I assure you, that’s the only reward they’ll get. But when you pray, go to your room, shut the door, and pray to your Father who is present in that secret place. Your Father who sees what you do in secret will reward you.<br>
<span class="tab">So when you give alms, do not have it trumpeted before you; this is what the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win human admiration. In truth I tell you, they have had their reward. But when you give alms, your left hand must not know what your right is doing; your almsgiving must be secret, and your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you.<br>
[<a href="https://www.bibliacatolica.com.br/en/new-jerusalem-bible/matthew/6/#:~:text=%27-,Be%20careful%20not%20to%20parade%20your%20uprightness%20in%20public%20to%20attract,who%20sees%20all%20that%20is%20done%20in%20secret%20will%20reward%20you.,-7.">NJB</a> (1985)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.<br>
<span class="tab">So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.<br>
<span class="tab">And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.<br>
[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+6%3A1-6&version=NIV">NIV</a> (2011 ed.)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">Beware of practicing your righteousness before others in order to be seen by them, for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven.<br>
<span class="tab">So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your alms may be done in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.<br>
<span class="tab">And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, so that they may be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.<br>
[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+6%3A1-6&version=NRSVUE">NRSV</a> (2021 ed.)]</blockquote><br>
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		<title>Franklin, Benjamin -- Poor Richard (1734)</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.</p>
<br><b>Benjamin Franklin</b> (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist<br><i>Poor Richard</i> (1734) 
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