No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good.
Quote by C. S. Lewis
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No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good.
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C. S. Lewis Quotes
- Mortal lovers must not try to remain at the first step for lasting passion is the dream of a harlot and from it we wake in despair.
- There are two kinds of people those who say to God, Thy will be done, and those to whom God says, All right, then, have it your way.
- A pleasure is not full grown until it is remembered.
- God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.
- No one ever told me that grief felt so much like fear.
- Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: What! You too? I thought I was the only one.
- The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.
- No one ever told me grief felt so much like fear.
- No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good.
- Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good.
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