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Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man!
Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man!
The first time you see Winston Churchill you see all his faults and the rest of your life you spend read more
The first time you see Winston Churchill you see all his faults and the rest of your life you spend discovering his virtues.
The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect
others to be vicious.
[Lat., Nam read more
The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect
others to be vicious.
[Lat., Nam ut quisque est vir optimus, ita difficillime esse
alios improbos suspicatur.]
Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.
Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.
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.
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.
Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.
In the approach to virtue there are many steps.
[Lat., In virtute sunt multi adscensus.]
In the approach to virtue there are many steps.
[Lat., In virtute sunt multi adscensus.]
