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"Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into 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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"In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa."
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"Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set."
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"It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue."
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"Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them."
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"The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort."
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"No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it."
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"Long-suffering is the greatest life survival virtue."
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"Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company."
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"It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds."
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"Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth."
Earth
"When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'"
Work
"An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it."
People
"We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with."
Money
"Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles."
Age
"Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity."
Integrity
"There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has a right to blame us."
Blame
"Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo."
Writing
"Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough."
Age
"A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage the country."
Nation
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