"I was brought up in an era when thrift was still considered a virtue."

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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!"

Victor Hugo, French Author

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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."

John Milton, English Poet

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

Thomas Hardy, English Novelist

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"Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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"Remember, truth is indestructible, virtue is indestructible, purity is indestructible."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue."

John Kenneth Galbraith, American Economist

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"Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"What is virtue but the Trade Unionism of the married?"

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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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!"

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

"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?"

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

"Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc."

"Remember, truth is indestructible, virtue is indestructible, purity is indestructible."

"The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices."

"Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue."

"Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful."

"What is virtue but the Trade Unionism of the married?"

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"You cannot bring about prosperity without discouraging thrift."

"The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor."

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"My wealth is not a subject I relish discussing."

"I vehemently deny that I was born a cynic and a pessimist."

"Nostalgia often leads to idle speculation."

"My formula for success is rise early, work late, and strike oil."