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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.
Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.
Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.
He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices
He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices
The virtue in most request is conformity.
The virtue in most request is conformity.
Ah, Eugénie, have done with virtues! Among the sacrifices that can be made to those counterfeit divinities, is there one read more
Ah, Eugénie, have done with virtues! Among the sacrifices that can be made to those counterfeit divinities, is there one worth an instant of the pleasures one tastes in outraging them?
Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.
Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.
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".
Assume a virtue if you have it not.
Assume a virtue if you have it not.
