"The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words."

Virtue, Language, Nothing, Words

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"The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words."

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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

Virtue, Kindness, Compassion, Happiness, Empathy

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

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Virtue, Mercy, Truth, Love, Respect

"In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

Virtue, Vice

"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

Virtue, Modesty, Poets, World

"Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

Virtue,

"It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue."

Voltaire, French Writer

Virtue, Mind, Virginity

"Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them."

Voltaire, French Writer

Virtue, Laws, Support

"The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort."

Confucius, Chinese Philosopher

Virtue, Comfort, Man

"No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it."

Ovid, Roman Poet

Virtue, Integrity, Man, Value

"Long-suffering is the greatest life survival virtue."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Virtue, Long-suffering, Survival, Patience

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"Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm."

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"Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand."

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"Keep a watch also on the faults of the patients, which often make them lie about the taking of things prescribed."

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"Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity."

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"It's far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has."

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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."

"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."

"Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set."

"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."

"The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort."

"No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it."

"Long-suffering is the greatest life survival virtue."

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"Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm."

"Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand."

"Keep a watch also on the faults of the patients, which often make them lie about the taking of things prescribed."

"To do nothing is also a good remedy."

"Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance."

"The life so short, the craft so long to learn."

"Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases."

"Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm."

"Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity."

"It's far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has."