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He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
Virtue is insufficient temptation.
Virtue is insufficient temptation.
The virtue in most request is conformity.
The virtue in most request is conformity.
Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent.
Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent.
Blushing is the color of virtue.
Blushing is the color of virtue.
Assume a virtue if you have it not.
Assume a virtue if you have it not.
What shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in
the heart.
What shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in
the heart.
Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they
possess it.
[Lat., Virtute enim ipsa read more
Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they
possess it.
[Lat., Virtute enim ipsa non tam multi praediti esse, quam videri
volunt.]
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.
