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Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire.
Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire.
Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.
Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.
Blushing is the color of virtue.
Blushing is the color of virtue.
Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.
Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.
Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.
Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.
Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.
Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not read more
Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.
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.