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The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth.
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth.
Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.
Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.
Virtue alone is the unerring sign of a noble soul.
[Fr., La vertu d'un coeur noble est la marque read more
Virtue alone is the unerring sign of a noble soul.
[Fr., La vertu d'un coeur noble est la marque certaine.]
Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they
possess it.
[Lat., Virtute enim ipsa read more
Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they
possess it.
[Lat., Virtute enim ipsa non tam multi praediti esse, quam videri
volunt.]
Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave.
Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave.
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.
Virtue herself is her own fairest reward.rn
Virtue herself is her own fairest reward.rn
The only reward of virtue is virtue.
The only reward of virtue is virtue.
