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"Good-nature, or what is often considered as such, is the most selfish of all the virtues: it is nine times out of ten mere indolence of disposition."
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"Virtue rejects facility to be her companion. She requires a craggy, rough and thorny way."

"It is better to be a discipline than a follower."

"They say, love God, for it is the greatest virtue. I say, love humans, for there is no greater virtue, no greater religion, than the love of humanity."

"Wisdom lies at the edge of intelligence. Joy lies at the edge of happiness. Faith lies at the edge of boldness. Love lies at the edge of kindness. God lies at the edge of righteousness."

"So our virtuesLie in the interpretation of the time:And power, unto itself most commendable,Hath not a tomb so evident as a chairTo extol what it hath done.One fire drives out one fire; one nail, one nail;Rights by rights falter, strengths by strengths do fail."

"Three quarters of faith is boldness. Three quarters of wisdom is intelligence. Three quarters of love is kindness."

"We've all started to put down the virtues of the other factions in the process of bolstering our own. I don't want to do that. I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest." He clears his throat. "I continually struggle with kindness."

"Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards. There is a sense of getting somewhere fast, which satisfies a native American urge."

"One kind deed is more beautiful than a thousand good intentions."
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"The same reason makes a man a religious enthusiast that makes a man an enthusiast in any other way: an uncomfortable mind in an uncomfortable body."


"One truth discovered one pang of regret at not being able to express it is better than all the fluency and flippancy in the world."


"The way to procure insults is to submit to them. A man meets with no more respect than he exacts."


"Calumny requires no proof. The throwing out of malicious imputations against any character leaves a stain which no after-refutation can wipe out. To create an unfavourable impression it is not necessary that certain things should be true but that they have been said."
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