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By accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love he may read more
By accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love he may rule the world forever
Curse on his virtues! they've undone his country.
Curse on his virtues! they've undone his country.
Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they
are incensed or crushed.
Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they
are incensed or crushed.
This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
Blushing is the color of virtue.
Blushing is the color of virtue.
It is the stain and disgrace of the age to envy virtue, and to be
anxious to crush the read more
It is the stain and disgrace of the age to envy virtue, and to be
anxious to crush the very flower of dignity.
[Lat., Est haec saeculi labes quaedam et macula virtuti invidere,
velle ipsum florem dignitatis infringere.]
Vices are often habits rather than passions.
Vices are often habits rather than passions.
Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave.
Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave.
As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.
As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.
