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Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good read more
Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good while life and power are still yours.
Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.
Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.
Curse on his virtues! they've undone his country.
Curse on his virtues! they've undone his country.
To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.
To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.
Assume a virtue if you have it not.
Assume a virtue if you have it not.
Virtue and sense are one; and, trust me, still
A faithless heart betrays the head unsound.
Virtue and sense are one; and, trust me, still
A faithless heart betrays the head unsound.
The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to read more
The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.
Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire.
Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire.
Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.
Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.
