"The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted."

Saint Aurelius Augustine, Roman Theologian

Virtue, Light, Spiritual

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"The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted."

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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

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

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

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

Samuel Butler, British Poet

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"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

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

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

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"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

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

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already know it what does the formula teach me?"

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"The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling?"

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"Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but being once driven up to the head, the pincers cannot take hold to draw it out, but which can only be done by the destruction of the wood."

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"This world's a bubble."

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"Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires."

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"We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot."

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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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"If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already know it what does the formula teach me?"

"The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling?"

"Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but being once driven up to the head, the pincers cannot take hold to draw it out, but which can only be done by the destruction of the wood."

"This world's a bubble."

"Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires."

"We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot."

"The purpose of all war is peace."

"The verdict of the world is conclusive."

"Custom is second nature."

"He fashioned hell for the inquisitive."