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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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One's outlook is a part of his virtue.

One's outlook is a part of his virtue.

by Amos Bronson Alcott 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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Wickedness is always easier than virtue, for it takes a short cut to everything.

Wickedness is always easier than virtue, for it takes a short cut to everything.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they
are incensed or crushed.

Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they
are incensed or crushed.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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So our virtues Lie in the interpretation of the time

So our virtues Lie in the interpretation of the time

by William Shakespeare Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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The path of a good woman is indeed strewn with flowers; but they rise behind her steps, not before them

The path of a good woman is indeed strewn with flowers; but they rise behind her steps, not before them

by John Ruskin 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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Honor is the reward of virtue.
[Lat., Honor est premium virtutis.]

Honor is the reward of virtue.
[Lat., Honor est premium virtutis.]

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Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.

Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.

by Robert Green Ingersoll Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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