"It is safest to be moderately base - to be flexible in shame, and to be always ready for what is generous, good, and just, when anything is to be gained by virtue."

Virtue, Shame

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"It is safest to be moderately base - to be flexible in shame, and to be always ready for what is generous, good, and just, when anything is to be gained by virtue."

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"He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place."

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"I look upon Switzerland as an inferior sort of Scotland."

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"Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones."

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"Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship."

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"What a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice and religion!"

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"What would life be without arithmetic, but a scene of horrors?"

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"Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after distinctions and rewards; but do your utmost to find an entry into the world of beauty."

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