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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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"To have mercy and truth requires love, good understanding and respect."
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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."
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"In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa."
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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."
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"The good don't masquerade their goodness, they just are."
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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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"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."
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"In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern."
Science
"What is past is past, there is a future left to all men, who have the virtue to repent and the energy to atone."
Men
"Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few."
Chance
"A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday. As to the morrow, time enough to consider it when it becomes today."
Time
"Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best."
Happiness
"The easiest person to deceive is one's self."
Self
"Be it jewel or toy, not the prize gives the joy, but the striving to win the prize."
Joy
"What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose."
Talent
"What ever our wandering our happiness will always be found within a narrow compass, and in the middle of the objects more immediately within our reach."
Happiness
"No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies."
Nature
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