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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."
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"In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa."
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Personal Development
"Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set."
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Personal Development
"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."
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"Long-suffering is the greatest life survival virtue."
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"Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company."
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"It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds."
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"Virtue rejects facility to be her companion. She requires a craggy, rough and thorny way."
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"The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices."
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"Love is free, but priceless. Wisdom is precious, but costless. Faith is gentle, but fearless. Joy is scarce, but limitless. Truth is simple, but matchless."
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"When a society abandons its ideals just because most people can't live up to them, behavior gets very ugly indeed."
Society
"We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society."
Society
"Indeed, Miss Manners has come to believe that the basic political division in this country is not between liberals and conservatives but between those who believe that they should have a say in the love lives of strangers and those who do not."
Love
"Chaperons don't enforce morality; they force immorality to be discreet."
Morality
"Chaperons, even in their days of glory, were almost never able to enforce morality; what they did was to force immorality to be discreet. This is no small contribution."
Morality
"You do not have to do everything disagreeable that you have a right to do."
Responsibility
"Hypocrisy is not generally a social sin, but a virtue."
Virtue
"Honesty has come to mean the privilege of insulting you to your face without expecting redress."
Honesty
"We already know that anonymous letters are despicable. In etiquette, as well as in law, hiring a hit man to do the job does not relieve you of responsibility."
Ethics
"It's far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help."
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