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"A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy."
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"It is this spirit of godliness that will bring forth the attributes, the principles and the life style of godliness."
"Virtue rejects facility to be her companion. She requires a craggy, rough and thorny way."
"Abstinence is as easy for me as temperance would be difficult."
"The greater the wisdom, the greater the mind. The greater the courage, the greater the heart. The greater the love, the greater the soul."
"It is better to be a discipline than a follower."
"When virtue has slept it will arise more vigorous."
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"It is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is, but it is often exceedingly difficult to find this out."
"The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously."
"When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once."
"One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once."
"Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name."
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