Virtue Quotes
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Virtue in its grandest aspect is neither more nor less than following reason.
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Virtue hidden hath no value.
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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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The virtue of a free man appears equally great in refusing to face difficulties as in overcoming them.
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Virtue depends partly upon training and partly upon practice; you must learn first, and then strengthen your learning by action. If this be true, not only do the doctrines of wisdom help us but the precepts also, which check and banish our emotions by a sort of official decree.
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It is a great virtue to be needed. Greater, even, than being liked.
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Chastity is oftener owing to diffidence and shame, than to fortitude of reason or virtue.
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Virtue is always too much of a piece and too ignorant of those shades of feeling and of temperament that enable us to squint when we are placed in a false position.
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I don't think virtue has a downside. I think human nature does.
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The soul that acquires the virtue of forgiveness won't find any more trouble. No matter what happens, he will know how to run his life.
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Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase is fruits of innocence and blessedness.
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To refrain from evil and from strong drink and to be always, steadfast in virtue; this is the good luck.
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Virtue is an inner strength. It expands your nature.
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You want to be paid as well, you virtuous! You want reward for virtue, and heaven for earth, and eternity for your today?
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As far as the people that have inspired me, they're the people that I have played with the most. For example, the record that I made called Virtue, there was a wonderful band and a wonderful drummer by the name of Ludwig Afonso and a wonderful bass player by the name of Armando Gola.
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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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The surest step toward joy in the morning is virtue in the evening.
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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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Without Virtue there can be no liberty.
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You've got to do some work now. Make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue. Virtue is about moral excellence.
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Myth: US housing market is in recovery. Fact: Big banks have been hiding their bloated home inventory, seized by virtue of home foreclosures.
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I believe humility is a virtue, but I prefer not to use it unless it is absolutely necessary.
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Wherever I see some mystique, be it virtue or family, faith or fatherland, there I must commit some indecent act.
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Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes respectable in wartime.
