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Virtue Quotes
"Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man."
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"The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue."
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"The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted."
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"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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"We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today? what passions opposed? what temptation resisted? what virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift."
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"The beauty of the animal form is in exact proportion to the amount of moral and intellectual virtue expressed by it."
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"Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue."
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"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."
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"I was brought up in an era when thrift was still considered a virtue."
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"Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but be corrupt."
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"Virtue is defined to be mediocrity, of which either extreme is vice."
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"So long as man is protected by madness - he functions - and flourishes."
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"Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady; but a newspaper can always print a retraction."
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"To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue."
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"A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue."
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"I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."
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"The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue."
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"Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity."
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"Encouraging virtue is better than suppressing vice."
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