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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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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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Virtue is insufficient temptation.

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

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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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Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood—the virtues that made America. The things that will read more

Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood—the virtues that made America. The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

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To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and read more

To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.

by Confucius Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.

If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.

by Edmund Burke 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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Virtue is indeed its own reward.
[Lat., Ipsa quidem pretium virtus sibi.]

Virtue is indeed its own reward.
[Lat., Ipsa quidem pretium virtus sibi.]

by Claudian (claudianus) Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the read more

It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to.

by George Santayana Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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