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Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.
Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.
Assume a virtue if you have it not.
Assume a virtue if you have it not.
Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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.
Virtue and sense are one; and, trust me, still
A faithless heart betrays the head unsound.
Virtue and sense are one; and, trust me, still
A faithless heart betrays the head unsound.
Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man!
Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man!
Honor is the reward of virtue.
[Lat., Honor est premium virtutis.]
Honor is the reward of virtue.
[Lat., Honor est premium virtutis.]
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
When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary
When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary
