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It is the stain and disgrace of the age to envy virtue, and to be
anxious to crush the read more
It is the stain and disgrace of the age to envy virtue, and to be
anxious to crush the very flower of dignity.
[Lat., Est haec saeculi labes quaedam et macula virtuti invidere,
velle ipsum florem dignitatis infringere.]
Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.
Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.
Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man!
Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man!
Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue.
Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue.
Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent.
Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent.
Blushing is the color of virtue.
Blushing is the color of virtue.
Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.
Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.
It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.
It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.
All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.
All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.
