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Be good and you will be lonesome.
Be good and you will be lonesome.
A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.
A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.
Curse on his virtues! they've undone his country.
Curse on his virtues! they've undone his country.
The path of a good woman is indeed strewn with flowers; but they rise behind her steps, not before them
The path of a good woman is indeed strewn with flowers; but they rise behind her steps, not before them
The virtues of society are vices of the saint. The terror of reform is the discovery that we must cast read more
The virtues of society are vices of the saint. The terror of reform is the discovery that we must cast away our virtues, or what we have always esteemed such, into the same pit that has consumed our grosser vices.
By accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love he may read more
By accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love he may rule the world forever
Assume a virtue if you have it not.
Assume a virtue if you have it not.
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
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.
