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- No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
- Plato (427 BC - 347 BC), Dialogues, Apology
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Nichomachean Ethics
- Again, men in general desire the good, and not merely what their fathers had.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Politics
- Law is order, and good law is good order.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Politics
- An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
- Cato the Elder (234 BC - 149 BC), from Seneca the Elder, Controversiae
- The people's good is the highest law.
- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), De Legibus
- A good reputation is more valuable than money.
- Publilius Syrus (~100 BC), Maxims
- For a good cause, wrongdoing is virtuous.
- Publilius Syrus (~100 BC), Maxims
- One good turn deserves another.
- Gaius Petronius (~66 AD), (Petronius Arbiter), Satyricon
- A liar should have a good memory.
- Quintilian, De Institutione Oratoria
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