"Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness."

Virtue, Innocence, Remorse

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"Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness."

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"Life can only be live with grace, gratitude and generosity."

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"That I may carry on what I have begun, that I may do good, that I may be one day a grand and encouraging example that it may be said that there was finally some little happiness resulting from this suffering which I have undergone and this virtue to which I have returned!"

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"Virtue could see to do what Virtue would by her own radiant light, though sun and moon where in the flat sea sunk."

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"What better time is there in our lives than when the two best of virtues-innocent gaiety and a boundless yearning for affection-are our sole objects of pursuit?"

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

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"Shunning evil is wisdom, loving God is the highest wisdom."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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

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"Patience that blending of moral courage with physical timidity."

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"Weep not that the world changes - did it keep a stable, changeless state, it were cause indeed to weep."

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