Act'. How many good people do you really know? I discount those who mouth out platitudes for the edification of the young, and who truly are 'good', whatever that means?" What a strange subject, and from such a strange person! " Everyone I know is a mixture, some with more good than bad, and it varies on different days, Sherwood Smith
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The quote begins with the statement, "Act'. How many good people do you really know?" This is a distillation of the earlier quotes, in which he says that what he considers to be "good people" vary. He then goes on to say, "I discount those who mouth out platitudes for the edification of the young, and who truly are 'good', whatever that means?" The way this quote is worded makes it sound like something very profound, but what it really says is that he believes there are no true "good" people. If everyone's good, then there's no one to measure against anyone else. This is somewhat relevant to the content of this site because I have written an article about Narcissists and how they don't know how to love.

The main concept in this article is that narcissists don't understand that they need to feel loved in order for their life to be fulfilled. They think they are not worthy of love so they will never get it.

Source: Remalnas Children

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