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    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.

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Virtue is not knowing but doing

Virtue is not knowing but doing

by Japanese Proverb Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

by Marcus Aurelius Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Of all the benefits which virtue confers on us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest.

Of all the benefits which virtue confers on us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest.

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Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the restraints of conscience.

Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the restraints of conscience.

by Albert J. Nock Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue. They are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, read more

To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue. They are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.

by Confucius Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.

Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.

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Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

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Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Blushing is the color of virtue.

Blushing is the color of virtue.

by Diogenes Found in: Blush Quotes, Virtue Quotes,
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