"Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure."

Virtue, Measure, Misfortune, Pleasure

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"Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure."

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"The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Virtue, Name, Self, Vices

"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."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Virtue, Reward, Goodness, Effort, Life

"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."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Virtue, Truth, Wisdom, Life, Power

"For every seed of godliness, kindness and justice sowed, there will be surely be a harvest of goodness, significance and greatness."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Virtue, Godliness, Kindness, Justice, Harvest

"Live life with great humility."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Virtue, Humility, Life, Modesty, Character

"Godliness must be presented with its profit and incentives, not only for the good of the nation and society, but of eternal value."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Virtue, Godliness, Profit, Eternal, Values

"When virtue has slept it will arise more vigorous."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Virtue, Strength, Resilience, Truth

"When virtue has slept she will get up more refreshed."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Virtue, Rest, Renewal, Strength

"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."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Virtue, Love, Christianity, Ideal

"Oh, my friends, that your self be in your deed as the mother is in her child - let that be your word concerning virtue!"

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Virtue, Motherhood, Deed, Life

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"When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing."

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"A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all."

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"Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty."

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"Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it."

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"Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it."

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"Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee."

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"Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards."

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"The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices."

"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."

"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."

"For every seed of godliness, kindness and justice sowed, there will be surely be a harvest of goodness, significance and greatness."

"Live life with great humility."

"Godliness must be presented with its profit and incentives, not only for the good of the nation and society, but of eternal value."

"When virtue has slept it will arise more vigorous."

"When virtue has slept she will get up more refreshed."

"Oh, my friends, that your self be in your deed as the mother is in her child - let that be your word concerning virtue!"

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"When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing."

"A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all."

"Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty."

"Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it."

"Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it."

"Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee."

"Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin."

"All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome."

"Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir."

"Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards."