"We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either."

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"We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either."

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"The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices."

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"And he writhed inside at what seemed the cruelty and unfairness of the demand. He had not yet learned that if you do one good deed your reward usually is to do another and harder and better one."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"But virtue, as it never will be moved,Though lewdness court it in a shape of heaven,So lust, though to a radiant angel linked,Will sate itself in a celestial bedAnd prey on garbage."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"For every seed of godliness, kindness and justice sowed, there will be surely be a harvest of goodness, significance and greatness."

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"Live life with great humility."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Godliness must be presented with its profit and incentives, not only for the good of the nation and society, but of eternal value."

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"Great is the person who does good always, in sickness and in health, in riches and in poverty."

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"When virtue has slept it will arise more vigorous."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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