"I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue."

Virtue, Vice

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"I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue."

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"She had received ideas which disposed her to be courteous and kind to all, and to pity every one, as being less happy than herself."

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"To have mercy and truth requires love, good understanding and respect."

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"Neither by nature, then, nor contrary to nature do the virtues arise in us; rather we are adapted by nature to receive them, and are made perfect by habit."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

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"In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

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"Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world."

Miguel De Cervantes, Spanish Novelist

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"The good don't masquerade their goodness, they just are."

Innocent Mwatsikesimbe, Swedish Businessman

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"Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

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"It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice."

Thomas Paine, English Writer

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"She had received ideas which disposed her to be courteous and kind to all, and to pity every one, as being less happy than herself."

"To have mercy and truth requires love, good understanding and respect."

"Neither by nature, then, nor contrary to nature do the virtues arise in us; rather we are adapted by nature to receive them, and are made perfect by habit."

"In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa."

"Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world."

"The good don't masquerade their goodness, they just are."

"Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set."

"It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue."

"Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them."

"A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice."

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"There's nothing quite like tobacco: it's the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn't deserve to live."

"I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue."

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"Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion."

"If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless."

"Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing."

"It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found."

"Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money."

"Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive."