"The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal."

Virtue, Wealth, Glory, Possession

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"The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal."

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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

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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

Virtue, Modesty, Poets, World

"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

Virtue, Long-suffering, Survival, Patience

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Emotional

"As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay."

Health

"He only seems to me to live, and to make proper use of life, who sets himself some serious work to do, and seeks the credit of a task well and skillfully performed."

Life

"In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural."

Life

"Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others."

Politics

"Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself."

Change

"Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure."

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"Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty."

Friendship

"We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve."

Body

"Before you act, consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act."

Time