"There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue."

Virtue, Excellence, Faults, Vice

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"There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue."

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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."

Jane Austen, British Writer

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"To have mercy and truth requires love, good understanding and respect."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

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"Neither by nature, then, nor contrary to nature do the virtues arise in us; rather we are adapted by nature to receive them, and are made perfect by habit."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

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

Samuel Butler, British Poet

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"Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world."

Miguel De Cervantes, Spanish Novelist

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

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

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

Voltaire, French Writer

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

Voltaire, French Writer

Virtue, Laws, Support

"A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice."

Thomas Paine, English Writer

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"The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort."

Confucius, Chinese Philosopher

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"Every absurdity has a champion to defend it."

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"Tenderness is a virtue."

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"On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting."

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"Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law."

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"Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better."

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"Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw."

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"Could a man live by it, it were not unpleasant employment to be a poet."

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"As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease."

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