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Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the restraints of conscience.
Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the restraints of conscience.
Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.
Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.
Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.
Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.
Virtue is not knowing but doing
Virtue is not knowing but doing
Wickedness is always easier than virtue, for it takes a short cut to everything.
Wickedness is always easier than virtue, for it takes a short cut to everything.
So our virtues Lie in the interpretation of the time
So our virtues Lie in the interpretation of the time
The virtue in most request is conformity.
The virtue in most request is conformity.
That virtue we appreciate is as much ours as another's. We see so much only as we possess.
That virtue we appreciate is as much ours as another's. We see so much only as we possess.
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.
