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Blushing is the color of virtue.
Blushing is the color of virtue.
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.]
Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not read more
Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.
Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.
Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.
The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love read more
The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, "I was wrong".
Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.
Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.
Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent.
Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent.
Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.
Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.
The only amarantine flower on earth
Is virtue.
The only amarantine flower on earth
Is virtue.
