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Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors
Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors
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.
The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing
The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing
Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire.
Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire.
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love read more
The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, "I was wrong".
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.
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.
He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
