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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 consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

by George Bernard Shaw Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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The only reward of virtue is virtue.

The only reward of virtue is virtue.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson 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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The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons

by Aristotle Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Virtue, the strength and beauty of the soul,
Is the best gift of Heaven: a happiness
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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.

by John Armstrong Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.

Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.

by Albert Camus Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.

If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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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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Chastity - you can carry it too far

Chastity - you can carry it too far

by Mark Twain Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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