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Folks who have no vices have plaguey few virtues.
Folks who have no vices have plaguey few virtues.
He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices
He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices
Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire.
Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire.
Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue.
Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue.
The only reward of virtue is virtue.
The only reward of virtue is virtue.
The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing
The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing
Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.
Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.
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.]
