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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.
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.
The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love read more
The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, "I was wrong".
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
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.
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.
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.
Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.
Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.
Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.
Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.
