Famous quotes containing the words goodness and/or gracious:
“No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“Yet by your gracious patience
I will a round unvarnished tale deliver
Of my whole course of love.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)