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Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

by Confucius Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.

Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.

by Adam Smith Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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The path of a good woman is indeed strewn with flowers; but they rise behind her steps, not before them

The path of a good woman is indeed strewn with flowers; but they rise behind her steps, not before them

by John Ruskin Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man!

Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man!

by Joseph Addison Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Vice Quotes,
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Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of
men, not of the times.
[Lat., Hominum read more

Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of
men, not of the times.
[Lat., Hominum sunt ista [vitia], non temporum.

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The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

by Confucius Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.

Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.

by Aristophanes Found in: Vice Quotes,
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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.

by Henry David Thoreau Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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