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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.]
The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
And be on they guard against the good and the just! They would fain curcify those who devise their own read more
And be on they guard against the good and the just! They would fain curcify those who devise their own virtue -- they hate the lonesome ones.
The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.
The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.
That which leads us to the performance of duty by offering
pleasure as its reward, is not virtue, but read more
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.]
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.
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! virtue
is at hand.
Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! virtue
is at hand.
Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.
Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.