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"The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices."
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Personal Development
"And he writhed inside at what seemed the cruelty and unfairness of the demand. He had not yet learned that if you do one good deed your reward usually is to do another and harder and better one."
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Personal Development
"But virtue, as it never will be moved,Though lewdness court it in a shape of heaven,So lust, though to a radiant angel linked,Will sate itself in a celestial bedAnd prey on garbage."
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Personal Development
"For every seed of godliness, kindness and justice sowed, there will be surely be a harvest of goodness, significance and greatness."
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Personal Development
"Live life with great humility."
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Personal Development
"Godliness must be presented with its profit and incentives, not only for the good of the nation and society, but of eternal value."
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"When virtue has slept it will arise more vigorous."
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Personal Development
"When virtue has slept she will get up more refreshed."
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"Oh, my friends, that your self be in your deed as the mother is in her child - let that be your word concerning virtue!"
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"They say, love God, for it is the greatest virtue. I say, love humans, for there is no greater virtue, no greater religion, than the love of humanity."
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"Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another."
Love
"In all professions each affects a look and an exterior to appear what he wishes the world to believe that he is. Thus we may say that the whole world is made up of appearances."
Philosophy
"Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly."
Advice
"It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone."
Philosophy
"The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having seen, makes up a good part of our sincerity."
Desire
"Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world."
Philosophy
"It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one's self."
Ability
"Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt."
Philosophy
"We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves."
Philosophy
"We may sooner be brought to love them that hate us, than them that love us more than we would have them do."
Love
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