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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
Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.
Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.
Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.
Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.
Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure read more
Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.
Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man!
Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man!
Virtue is not knowing but doing
Virtue is not knowing but doing
Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire.
Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire.
The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect
others to be vicious.
[Lat., Nam read more
The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect
others to be vicious.
[Lat., Nam ut quisque est vir optimus, ita difficillime esse
alios improbos suspicatur.]
Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors
Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors
