Blaise Pascal Quotes
The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.
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A ruler makes use of the majority and neglects the minority, and so he does not devote himself to virtue but to law.
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Compassion is not a popular virtue.
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A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.
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Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.
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To every object there correspond an ideally closed system of truths that are true of it and, on the other hand, an ideal system of possible cognitive processes by virtue of which the object and the truths about it would be given to any cognitive subject.
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Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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As far as I'm concerned I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.
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Netflix did it right and focused on all the things that have replaced the dumb, raw numbers of the Nielsen world - they embraced targeted marketing and 'brand' as a virtue higher than ratings.
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You cannot lift others to virtue on the one hand if you are entertaining vice on the other.
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It is not in virtue of its liberty that the human will attains to grace, it is much rather by grace that it attains to liberty.
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Your true self is a treasure of all divine virtues.
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Virtue consists in doing our duty in the several relations we sustain, in respect to ourselves, to our fellowmen, and to God, as known from reason, conscience, and revelation.
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The subconscious acts first on the dominating desires.
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As far as I know, there is no proof whatever of the existence of an objective reality apart from our senses, and I do not see why we should accept the outside world as such solely by virtue of our senses.
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Virtue lives when Beauty dies.
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I am only strong enough for a life of partial virtue.
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We cannot have right virtue without right conditions.
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There must be in prudence also some master virtue.
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We are always faced with different challenges, and circumstances necessitate bringing out the greatness God puts in all of us.
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I've been getting my reel together. I think they are looking at me more as an actress because I have a lot of potential and a lot of skills.
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The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.
