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That which leads us to the performance of duty by offering
pleasure as its reward, is not virtue, but read more
That which leads us to the performance of duty by offering
pleasure as its reward, is not virtue, but a deceptive copy and
imitation of virtue.
[Lat., Nam quae voluptate, quasi mercede aliqua, ad officium
impellitur, ea non est virtus sed fallax imitatio simulatioque
virtutis.]
Don't take life too seriously; you'll never get out of it alive.
Don't take life too seriously; you'll never get out of it alive.
Always try to keep a patch of sky above your life.
Always try to keep a patch of sky above your life.
Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people read more
Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. -George Bernard Shaw.
Virtue is insufficient temptation.
Virtue is insufficient temptation.
Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.
Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.
The most important things in life aren't things.
The most important things in life aren't things.
People who come from dysfunctional families are not destined for a dysfunctional life.
People who come from dysfunctional families are not destined for a dysfunctional life.
