"They act as if they supposed that to be very sanguine about the general improvement of mankind is a virtue that relieves them from taking trouble about any improvement in particular."

Virtue, Act, Improvement, Mankind

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"They act as if they supposed that to be very sanguine about the general improvement of mankind is a virtue that relieves them from taking trouble about any improvement in particular."

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"The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue."

Confucius, Chinese Philosopher

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"Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"Love can cause problem and love can heal humanly problems based on our virtue."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Virtue, Love, Problem, Healing, Humanity

"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

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

Confucius, Chinese Philosopher

Virtue, Comfort, Man

"We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today? what passions opposed? what temptation resisted? what virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Virtue, Day, Night, Temptation

"There is something really good to say about humility. Being confident and humble is a great combination, maybe the best of all!"

Ziad K. Abdelnour, Lebanese Author

Virtue, Humility, Confidence, Balance, Character

"Assume a virtue if you have it not."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Virtue, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Today

"Crime when it succeeds is called virtue."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Virtue, Crime, Statesman

"The only thing is, people have to develop courage. It is most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you can't practice any other virtues consistently."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Virtue, Courage, Practice, Consistency, Importance

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"Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions."

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"Even good opinions are worth very little unless we hold them in the broad, intelligent, and spacious way."

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"They are the guiding oracles which man has found out for himself in that great business of ours, of learning how to be, to do, to do without, and to depart."

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"A great interpreter of life ought not himself to need interpretation."

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"You have not converted a man because you have silenced him."

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"Evolution is not a force but a process. Not a cause but a law."

Cause

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"The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue."

"Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes."

"Love can cause problem and love can heal humanly problems based on our virtue."

"Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world."

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

"We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today? what passions opposed? what temptation resisted? what virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift."

"There is something really good to say about humility. Being confident and humble is a great combination, maybe the best of all!"

"Assume a virtue if you have it not."

"Crime when it succeeds is called virtue."

"The only thing is, people have to develop courage. It is most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you can't practice any other virtues consistently."

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"Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions."

"In politics the choice is constantly between two evils."

"No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character."

"The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without and to depart."

"Politics is a field where the choice lies constantly between two blunders."

"Even good opinions are worth very little unless we hold them in the broad, intelligent, and spacious way."

"They are the guiding oracles which man has found out for himself in that great business of ours, of learning how to be, to do, to do without, and to depart."

"A great interpreter of life ought not himself to need interpretation."

"You have not converted a man because you have silenced him."

"Evolution is not a force but a process. Not a cause but a law."