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When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary
When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary
Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave.
Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave.
Honor is the reward of virtue.
[Lat., Honor est premium virtutis.]
Honor is the reward of virtue.
[Lat., Honor est premium virtutis.]
The only amarantine flower on earth
Is virtue.
The only amarantine flower on earth
Is virtue.
Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.
Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.
Virtue alone is the unerring sign of a noble soul.
[Fr., La vertu d'un coeur noble est la marque read more
Virtue alone is the unerring sign of a noble soul.
[Fr., La vertu d'un coeur noble est la marque certaine.]
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate thing, read more
Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate thing, like pain or a particular smell.
