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It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.

It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.

by Rebecca West Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the nonperformance of base ones.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the nonperformance of base ones.

by Aristotle Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood—the virtues that made America. The things that will read more

Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood—the virtues that made America. The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

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Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.

Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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The first time you see Winston Churchill you see all his faults and the rest of your life you spend read more

The first time you see Winston Churchill you see all his faults and the rest of your life you spend discovering his virtues.

by Lady Constance Lytton Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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And be on they guard against the good and the just! They would fain curcify those who devise their own read more

And be on they guard against the good and the just! They would fain curcify those who devise their own virtue -- they hate the lonesome ones.

by Fredrich Nietzsche Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Virtuous people are simply those who have not been tempted sufficiently, because they live in a vegetative state, or because read more

Virtuous people are simply those who have not been tempted sufficiently, because they live in a vegetative state, or because their purposes are so concentrated in one direction that they have not had the leisure to glance around them.

by Isadora Duncan Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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If there's a power above us, (and that there is all nature cries
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Through all her works) read more

If there's a power above us, (and that there is all nature cries
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Through all her works) he must delight in virtue.

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