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One's outlook is a part of his virtue.
One's outlook is a part of his virtue.
Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.
Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.
Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.
Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.
Virtue, the strength and beauty of the soul,
Is the best gift of Heaven: a happiness
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Virtue, the strength and beauty of the soul,
Is the best gift of Heaven: a happiness
That even above the smiles and frowns of fate
Exalts great Nature's favourites: a wealth
That ne'er encumbers, nor can be transferr'd.
Assume a virtue if you have it not.
Assume a virtue if you have it not.
Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.
Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.
Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire.
Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire.
Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.
Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.
Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.
Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.
