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    The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing

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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".

by Sydney J. Harris Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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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.

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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.

by George Chapman Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Virtue when concealed is a worthless thing.
[Lat., Vile latens virtus.]

Virtue when concealed is a worthless thing.
[Lat., Vile latens virtus.]

by Claudian (claudianus) Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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So our virtues Lie in the interpretation of the time

So our virtues Lie in the interpretation of the time

by William Shakespeare Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.

Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.

by Georg C. Lichtenberg Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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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

by Marcus Tullius Cicero Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

by Confucius Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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One's outlook is a part of his virtue.

One's outlook is a part of his virtue.

by Amos Bronson Alcott Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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