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Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.
Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.
Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave.
Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave.
Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.
Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.
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.
Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent.
Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent.
Well may your heart believe the truths I tell;
'Tis virtue makes the bliss, where'er we dwell.
Well may your heart believe the truths I tell;
'Tis virtue makes the bliss, where'er we dwell.
Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue.
Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue.
The virtues of society are vices of the saint. The terror of reform is the discovery that we must cast read more
The virtues of society are vices of the saint. The terror of reform is the discovery that we must cast away our virtues, or what we have always esteemed such, into the same pit that has consumed our grosser vices.
It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.
It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.
