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A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in the retrospect. We should have been cut-throats to do otherwise. And there’s an end. We ought to know distinctly that we are damned for what we do wrong; but when we have done right, we have only been gentlemen, after all. There is nothing to make a work about.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1880-01/02?), “Reflections and Remarks on Human Life,” § 6 “Right and Wrong”

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A quotation from Josh Billings

He who expekts to be praized every time he duz a virtewous thing will soon git tired of the bizzness.
 
[He who expects to be praised every time he does a virtuous thing will soon get tired of the business.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1875-07 (1875 ed.)

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A quotation from Eric Hoffer

The pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we are not altogether worthless. It is a pleasant surprise to ourselves.

Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 113 (1955)

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A quotation from Thoreau

When a noble deed is done, who is likely to appreciate it? They who are noble themselves.

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
Speech (1860-07-04), “The Last Days of John Brown,” North Elba, Massachusetts

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A quotation from Thoreau

When a noble deed is done, who is likely to appreciate it? They who are noble themselves.

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
Speech (1860-07-04), “The Last Days of John Brown,” North Elba, Massachusetts

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A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

As a horse when he has run, a dog when he has tackled the game, a bee when it has made the honey, so a man when he has done a good act does not call out for others to come and see, but he goes on to another act, as a vine goes on to produce again the grapes in season.
 
[ἵππος δραμών, κύων ἰχνεύσας, μέλισσα μέλι ποιήσασα, ἄνθρωπος δ̓ εὖ ποιήσας οὐκ ἐπιβοᾶται, ἀλλὰ μεταβαίνει ἐφ̓ ἕτερον, ὡς ἄμπελος ἐπὶ τὸ πάλιν ἐν τῇ ὥρᾳ τὸν βότρυν ἐνεγκεῖν.]

Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 5, ch. 6 (5.6) (AD 161-180) [tr. Long (1862)]

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Good Woods (2023) [4 min] by Bob Brewster | #USA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3E8xRLwOe8

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@alexisdyslexic
If all of us, every #HumanBeing on the planet, did just 1 #GoodDeed for #wildlife, that’d be 8 billion acts of #compassion for #animals. I love your ideas. Thank you for being one of them. 🌍
Food for thought about the #Robins; if possible save the grass clippings from your lawn & put them on the hardpan underneath #RobinNest, it could provide natural padding if they fall. Also, if they fall & are uninjured, you can put them back in the nest. 🩵