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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."
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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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"Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them."
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"The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort."
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"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."
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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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"Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war."
Happiness
"Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape."
Change
"The face of evil is always the face of total need."
Evil
"There couldn't be a society of people who didn't dream. They'd be dead in two weeks."
Society
"A cat's rage is beautiful, burning with pure cat flame, all its hair standing up and crackling blue sparks, eyes blazing and sputtering."
Identity
"Americans have a special horror of letting things happen their own way without interference. They would like to jump down their stomachs digest the food and shovel the shit out."
Control
"You know a real friend?Someone you know will look after your cat after you are gone."
Friendship
"Jesus Christ said 'by their fruits ye shall know them,' not by their disclaimers."
Integrity
"I don't know what falling in love for me is. The concept of romantic love arose in the Middle Ages. Now remember, the Arabs don't even have a word for love-that is, a word for love apart from physical attraction or sex. And this separation of love and sex is a western concept, a Christian concept. As to what falling in love means, I'm uncertain. Love, well, it means simply physical attraction and liking a person at the same time."
Love
"We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place."
Identity
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