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    Virtue, the strength and beauty of the soul,
    Is the best gift of Heaven: a happiness
    That even above the smiles and frowns of fate
    Exalts great Nature's favourites: a wealth
    That ne'er encumbers, nor can be transferr'd.

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When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary

by Thomas Paine Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Virtue is the only true nobility.

Virtue is the only true nobility.

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I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

by Moliere Found in: Vice Quotes, Virtue Quotes,
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And be on they guard against the good and the just! They would fain curcify those who devise their own read more

And be on they guard against the good and the just! They would fain curcify those who devise their own virtue -- they hate the lonesome ones.

by Fredrich Nietzsche Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave.

Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave.

by James Russell Lowell Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

by Marcus Aurelius Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property read more

For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all women.

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Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! virtue
is at hand.

Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! virtue
is at hand.

by Confucius Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.

by Sidney Lanier Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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