Virtue Quotes
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The only virtue on which I pride myself is my self-doubt; when a writer loses her self-doubt, the time has come to lay aside her pen.
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Virtue is the strength and power of the daughters of God.
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A lesson learned at the muzzle has the virtue of never being forgotten.
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Good art however 'immoral' is wholly a thing of virtue. Good art can NOT be immoral. By good art I mean art that bears true witness, I mean the art that is most precise.
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Vice and virtue chiefly imply the relation of our actions to men in this world; sin and holiness rather imply their relation to God and the other world.
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I used to suppose that certain evils could never befall a being in possession of a sound mind; that true virtue supplies us with energy which vice can never resist; that it was always in our power to obstruct, by his own death, the designs of an enemy who aimed at less than our lives.
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There can be no public or private virtue unless the foundation of action is the practice of truth.
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The only freedom worth possessing is that which gives enlargement to a people's energy, intellect, and virtues.
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Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue.
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We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience.
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By practicing the virtues we cultivate the soil from which healthy emotions sprout; by letting go of our character defects we drain the swamp in which diseased emotions breed.
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We speak of virtue, honour, reason; but our thought does not translate any one of these concepts into a substance.
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It's a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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Virtue preserv'd from fell destruction's blast, Led on by heaven, and crown'd with joy at last.
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Conscience is the virtue of the observers not the agents of action.
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The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue.
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Humility is the mother of all virtues. Humility says we are not in control, principles are in control, therefore we submit ourselves to principles. Pride says that we are in control, and since our values govern our behavior, we can simply do life our way.
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Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
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Virtue is an inner strength. It expands your nature.
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It's always been interesting to me how we mistake good genes for virtue.
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I've got forward momentum. There's no virtue in it. It's just a balancing act. I don't dare stop.
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No worthy goal can be achieved easily. A virtue is born in suffering.
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To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.
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No matter how hard a man may labor, some woman is always in the background of his mind. She is the one reward of virtue.
