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Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.
Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.
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.
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth.
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth.
Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man!
Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man!
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
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.
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
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Virtue is the only true nobility.
Virtue is the only true nobility.
