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    Virtuous people are simply those who have not been tempted sufficiently, because they live in a vegetative state, or because their purposes are so concentrated in one direction that they have not had the leisure to glance around them.

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As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

by Albert Einstein Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Virtue alone is the unerring sign of a noble soul.
[Fr., La vertu d'un coeur noble est la marque read more

Virtue alone is the unerring sign of a noble soul.
[Fr., La vertu d'un coeur noble est la marque certaine.]

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Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.

Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.

by Sir John Vanbrugh Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Virtue is a sure anchor.

Virtue is a sure anchor.

by Motto Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues.

Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues.

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Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

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He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices

He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices

by Lord Byron Found in: Vice Quotes, Virtue Quotes,
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It is the stain and disgrace of the age to envy virtue, and to be
anxious to crush the read more

It is the stain and disgrace of the age to envy virtue, and to be
anxious to crush the very flower of dignity.
[Lat., Est haec saeculi labes quaedam et macula virtuti invidere,
velle ipsum florem dignitatis infringere.]

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The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect
others to be vicious.
[Lat., Nam read more

The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect
others to be vicious.
[Lat., Nam ut quisque est vir optimus, ita difficillime esse
alios improbos suspicatur.]

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