In Romola , for instance, Tito, as we first meet him, may be either good or bad, and we know not whether he will finally turn to the right hand or to the left.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

[Footnote: The term, pride, is commonly taken in a bad sense; but this sentiment seems indifferent, and may be either good or bad, according as it is well or ill founded, and according to the other circumstances which accompany it.
— from An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals by David Hume

For the only consistent way of representing a pluralism and a world whose parts may affect one another through their conduct being either good or bad is the indeterministic way.
— from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James

The rest may be either good or bad.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza

[3] It is not in our power to be either good or bad.
— from The Basis of Morality by Arthur Schopenhauer

That could be either good or bad, and he couldn't decide which.
— from The Alembic Plot: A Terran Empire novel by Ann Wilson

These effects must be either good or bad.
— from Sophisms of the Protectionists by Frédéric Bastiat

The consequences of actions in a former birth are called vipáka ; they may be either good or bad, but are rarely unmixed with evil taint.
— from Sakoontala; Or, The Lost Ring: An Indian Drama by Kalidasa

In reply, it may be argued, that, to impute an action to any one, is to attribute that action to him; to acknowledge him for the author: thus, when even an action was supposed to be the effect of an agent, and that agent necessity , the imputation would lie: the merit or demerit, that is ascribed to an action are ideas originating in the effects, whether favourable or pernicious, that result to those who experience its operation; when, therefore, it should be conceded, that the agent was necessity, it is not less certain, that the action would be either good or bad; estimable or contemptible, to those who must feel its influence; in short that it would be capable of either eliciting their love, or exciting their anger.
— from The System of Nature, or, the Laws of the Moral and Physical World. Volume 1 by Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'

Good nerve to face the scene which he is certain will be enacted Government of brain; not sufficient Insurrection of heart Had taken refuge in their opera-glasses He postponed it to the next minute and
— from Quotations from the Project Gutenberg Editions of the Collected Works of George Meredith by George Meredith

Conversely, if I pronounce an 104 act done by a friend or by an enemy to be good or bad, that implies that I assume the act to be either good or bad independently of my friendly or hostile feelings towards the agent.
— from The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck

It must be either good or bad.
— from Jessie Trim by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon

At first our resistance was blind enough, guided only by the senses of touch and sound.
— from Wolves of the Sea Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manuscript of One Geoffry Carlyle, Seaman, Narrating Certain Strange Adventures Which Befell Him Aboard the Pirate Craft "Namur" by Randall Parrish

In exchange operations German paper is about 8 per cent discount, but exporting gold or buying or selling gold at a premium is by law forbidden.
— from The Audacious War by Clarence W. (Clarence Walker) Barron