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Curse on his virtues! they've undone his country.
Curse on his virtues! they've undone his country.
What shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in
the heart.
What shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in
the heart.
And be on they guard against the good and the just! They would fain curcify those who devise their own read more
And be on they guard against the good and the just! They would fain curcify those who devise their own virtue -- they hate the lonesome ones.
It is easier to cope with a bad conscience than with a bad reputation.
It is easier to cope with a bad conscience than with a bad reputation.
In the approach to virtue there are many steps.
[Lat., In virtute sunt multi adscensus.]
In the approach to virtue there are many steps.
[Lat., In virtute sunt multi adscensus.]
That virtue we appreciate is as much ours as another's. We see so much only as we possess.
That virtue we appreciate is as much ours as another's. We see so much only as we possess.
The virtue in most request is conformity.
The virtue in most request is conformity.
He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue.
Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue.
