"Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue."

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"Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue."

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"A prudent question is one-half of wisdom."

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"The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon."

Job

"There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little."

Man

"Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes."

Adversity

"Science is but an image of the truth."

Science

"Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read."

Friendship

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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."

Jane Austen, British Writer

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

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

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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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"The things that count the most (love, joy, justice, and grace) cannot be counted."

Orrin Woodward, American Author

Virtue, Love, Joy, Grace, Justice

"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 prudent question is one-half of wisdom."

"The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon."

"There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little."

"Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes."

"Science is but an image of the truth."

"Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read."

"Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible."

"A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it."

"Wise men make more opportunities than they find."

"Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished."

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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."

"The things that count the most (love, joy, justice, and grace) cannot be counted."

"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."