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Virtue is the only true nobility.
Virtue is the only true nobility.
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.]
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth.
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth.
Ah, Eugénie, have done with virtues! Among the sacrifices that can be made to those counterfeit divinities, is there one read more
Ah, Eugénie, have done with virtues! Among the sacrifices that can be made to those counterfeit divinities, is there one worth an instant of the pleasures one tastes in outraging them?
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.
The only reward of virtue is virtue.
The only reward of virtue is virtue.
Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.
Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.
Blushing is the color of virtue.
Blushing is the color of virtue.
