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Virtue Quotes
"Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself."
83
"Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them."
79
"Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."
66
"Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience."
61
"Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows."
54
"The ordeal of virtue is to resist all temptation to evil."
47
"All of us are experts at practicing virtue at a distance."
47
"Let them call it mischief: When it is past and prospered t'will be virtue."
41
"They act as if they supposed that to be very sanguine about the general improvement of mankind is a virtue that relieves them from taking trouble about any improvement in particular."
41
"Simplicity, patience, compassion.These three are your greatest treasures.Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.Patient with both friends and enemies,you accord with the way things are.Compassionate toward yourself,you reconcile all beings in the world."
41
"Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue."
40
"Most virtue is a demand for greater seduction."
39
"Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us."
39
"Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here."
37
"There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue."
37
"There are criminals who are drug users, but most addicts are criminals only by virtue of prohibition or from resorting to crime to pay inflated black market prices."
37
"Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue."
36
"Conscience is the sentinel of virtue."
36
"The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue."
35
"A New York divorce is in itself a diploma of virtue."
35
"Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself."
35
"We must judge the tree by its fruit. The best fruits of the religious experience are the best things history has to offer. The highest flights of charity, devotion, trust, patience, and bravery to which the wings of human nature have spread themselves, have all been flown for religious ideals."
35
"When one ceases from conflict, whether because he has won, because he has lost, or because he cares no more for the game, the virtue passes out of him."
34
"For many generations, they obeyed the laws and loved the divine to which they were akin they reckoned that qualities of character were far more important than their present prosperity. So they bore the burden of their wealth and possessions lightly, and did not let their high standard of living intoxicate them or make them lose their self-control. But when the divine element in them became weakened and their human traits became predominant, they ceased to be able to carry their prosperity with moderation."
34
"So long as man is protected by madness - he functions - and flourishes."
34
"When virtue has slept, it will arise again all the fresher."
34
"We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either."
34
"A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice- but as yet unstained."
33
"Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue."
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