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    That which leads us to the performance of duty by offering
    pleasure as its reward, is not virtue, but a deceptive copy and
    imitation of virtue.
    [Lat., Nam quae voluptate, quasi mercede aliqua, ad officium
    impellitur, ea non est virtus sed fallax imitatio simulatioque
    virtutis.]

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Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.

Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.

by Ed Howe Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

by Confucius Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.

Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.

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People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.

People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.

by Confucius Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Be good and you will be lonesome.

Be good and you will be lonesome.

by Mark Twain Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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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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Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood—the virtues that made America. The things that will read more

Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood—the virtues that made America. The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

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In the approach to virtue there are many steps.
[Lat., In virtute sunt multi adscensus.]

In the approach to virtue there are many steps.
[Lat., In virtute sunt multi adscensus.]

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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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