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What shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in
the heart.
What shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in
the heart.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
If there's a power above us, (and that there is all nature cries
aloud
Through all her works) read more
If there's a power above us, (and that there is all nature cries
aloud
Through all her works) he must delight in virtue.
Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.
Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.
Blushing is the color of virtue.
Blushing is the color of virtue.
Assume a virtue if you have it not.
Assume a virtue if you have it not.
Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man!
Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man!
Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they
possess it.
[Lat., Virtute enim ipsa read more
Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they
possess it.
[Lat., Virtute enim ipsa non tam multi praediti esse, quam videri
volunt.]
Curse on his virtues! they've undone his country.
Curse on his virtues! they've undone his country.
