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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.
The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.
The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth.
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth.
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.
Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man!
Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man!
What shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in
the heart.
What shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in
the heart.
All great virtues become great men.
[Fr., Toutes grandes vertus conviennent aux grands hommes.]
All great virtues become great men.
[Fr., Toutes grandes vertus conviennent aux grands hommes.]
Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.
Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.
Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.
Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.
