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

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"For every seed of godliness, kindness and justice sowed, there will be surely be a harvest of goodness, significance and greatness."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"It is this spirit of godliness that will bring forth the attributes, the principles and the life style of godliness."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

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"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

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

Michel de Montaigne, French Philosopher

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"Abstinence is as easy for me as temperance would be difficult."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"It is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is, but it is often exceedingly difficult to find this out."

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"A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg."

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"When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once."

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"Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it."

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"Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have."

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"Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint."

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"For every seed of godliness, kindness and justice sowed, there will be surely be a harvest of goodness, significance and greatness."

"It is this spirit of godliness that will bring forth the attributes, the principles and the life style of godliness."

"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."

"Abstinence is as easy for me as temperance would be difficult."

"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."

Explore more quotes by Samuel Butler

"It is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is, but it is often exceedingly difficult to find this out."

"The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously."

"A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg."

"When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once."

"Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it."

"Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have."

"Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint."

"To die is but to leave off dying and do the thing once for all."

"Silence is not always tact and it is tact that is golden not silence."

"Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself."