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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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Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent.

Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent.

by Proverb Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love read more

The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, "I was wrong".

by Sydney J. Harris Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Sell not virtue to purchase wealth.

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth.

by English Proverb Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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The virtue in most request is conformity.

The virtue in most request is conformity.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.

Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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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.

by Confucius Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice

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Better keep yourself clean and bright. You are the window through which you must see the world.

Better keep yourself clean and bright. You are the window through which you must see the world.

by George Bernard Shaw Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Virtue is not malicious; wrong done her
Is righted even when men grant they err.

Virtue is not malicious; wrong done her
Is righted even when men grant they err.

by George Chapman Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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