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Voltaire

"Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them."

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"Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them."

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

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

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"It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue."

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

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"Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company."

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"It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds."

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

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