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

Virtue, Light, Moon, Sea

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"Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Virtue, Anger, Enemy, Pride, Control

"Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to cover others' faults. Be like running water for generosity. Be like death for rage and anger. Be like the Earth for modesty. Appear as you are. Be as you appear."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Virtue, Wisdom, Peace, Character, Kindness

"Virtue rejects facility to be her companion. She requires a craggy, rough and thorny way."

Michel de Montaigne, French Philosopher

Virtue,

"I didn't really want to come back here and again have to feel like my lungs were drowning in this perverse nostalgia."

John Green, American Author

Virtue, Earth, Faith, Power

"The greater the wisdom, the greater the mind. The greater the courage, the greater the heart. The greater the love, the greater the soul."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Virtue, Wisdom, Courage, Love

"It is better to be a discipline than a follower."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"When virtue has slept it will arise more vigorous."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Virtue, Strength, Resilience, Truth

"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

"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."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Virtue, Truth, Wisdom, Life, Power

"To copy a virtue in another is more copying than it is virtue. Try to learn what that virtue is based upon."

Idries Shah, Indian Author

Virtue, Learning, Imitation, Authenticity

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"Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself."

Books

"Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a good book, kills reason its self."

God

"Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right."

Nothing

"But what more oft in Nations grown corrupt, And by thir vices brought to servitude, Than to love Bondage more than Liberty, Bondage with ease than strenuous liberty."

Bondage

"Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light."

Struggle

"So dear I love him that with him all deaths I could endure without him live no life."

Devotion

"Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown in courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, where most may wonder at the workmanship."

Nature

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"Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up."

"Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to cover others' faults. Be like running water for generosity. Be like death for rage and anger. Be like the Earth for modesty. Appear as you are. Be as you appear."

"Virtue rejects facility to be her companion. She requires a craggy, rough and thorny way."

"I didn't really want to come back here and again have to feel like my lungs were drowning in this perverse nostalgia."

"The greater the wisdom, the greater the mind. The greater the courage, the greater the heart. The greater the love, the greater the soul."

"It is better to be a discipline than a follower."

"When virtue has slept it will arise more vigorous."

"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."

"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."

"To copy a virtue in another is more copying than it is virtue. Try to learn what that virtue is based upon."

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"Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself."

"Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a good book, kills reason its self."

"Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right."

"But what more oft in Nations grown corrupt, And by thir vices brought to servitude, Than to love Bondage more than Liberty, Bondage with ease than strenuous liberty."

"Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light."

"So dear I love him that with him all deaths I could endure without him live no life."

"Wickedness is weakness."

"A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit."

"What hath night to do with sleep?"

"Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown in courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, where most may wonder at the workmanship."