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In the approach to virtue there are many steps.
[Lat., In virtute sunt multi adscensus.]
In the approach to virtue there are many steps.
[Lat., In virtute sunt multi adscensus.]
Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they
possess it.
[Lat., Virtute enim ipsa read more
Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they
possess it.
[Lat., Virtute enim ipsa non tam multi praediti esse, quam videri
volunt.]
If there's a power above us, (and that there is all nature cries
aloud
Through all her works) read more
If there's a power above us, (and that there is all nature cries
aloud
Through all her works) he must delight in virtue.
The virtue in most request is conformity.
The virtue in most request is conformity.
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.
Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire.
Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire.
Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent.
Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent.
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues
It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the read more
It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to.
