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Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man!
Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man!
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing
The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing
It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions.
It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions.
All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.
All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.
The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
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.]
Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire.
Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire.
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.