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    The path of a good woman is indeed strewn with flowers; but they rise behind her steps, not before them

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The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.

by Aristotle Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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All great virtues become great men.
[Fr., Toutes grandes vertus conviennent aux grands hommes.]

All great virtues become great men.
[Fr., Toutes grandes vertus conviennent aux grands hommes.]

by Pierre Corneille Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Virtue is the only true nobility.

Virtue is the only true nobility.

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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.

by George Santayana Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate thing, read more

Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate thing, like pain or a particular smell.

by G. K. Chesterton Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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The only amarantine flower on earth
Is virtue.

The only amarantine flower on earth
Is virtue.

by William Cowper Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue. They are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, read more

To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue. They are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.

by Confucius Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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