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 Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! virtue 
is at hand.  
 Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! virtue 
is at hand. 
If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.
If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.
 Honor is the reward of virtue.
 [Lat., Honor est premium virtutis.]  
 Honor is the reward of virtue.
 [Lat., Honor est premium virtutis.] 
 Virtue is not malicious; wrong done her
 Is righted even when men grant they err.  
 Virtue is not malicious; wrong done her
 Is righted even when men grant they err. 
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.
Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.
Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.
Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent.
Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent.
Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.
Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.
Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.
Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.