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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."
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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."
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Personal Development
"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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Personal Development
"Live life with great humility."
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Personal Development
"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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Personal Development
"Great is the person who does good always, in sickness and in health, in riches and in poverty."
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Personal Development
"When virtue has slept it will arise more vigorous."
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Personal Development
"When virtue has slept she will get up more refreshed."
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Personal Development
"If you asked twenty good men to-day what they thought the highest of the virtues, nineteen of them would reply, Unselfishness. But if you asked almost any of the great Christians of old he would have replied, Love - You see what has happened? A negative term has been substituted for a positive, and this is of more than philological importance. The negative ideal of Unselfishness carries with it the suggestion not primarily of securing good things for others, but of going without them ourselves, as if our abstinence and not their happiness was the important point."
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"Study the past if you would define the future."
Education
"It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up..."
Life
"Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire."
People
"When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge."
Knowledge
"When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves."
Character
"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated."
Life
"To rank the effort above the prize may be called love."
Love
"Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?"
Man
"To one who is not eager I do not reveal anything, nor do I explain anything to one who is not communicative. If I raise one corner for someone and he cannot come back with the other three, I do not go on."
Education
"To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness."
Philosophy
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