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    Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the restraints of conscience.

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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

by George Washington Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Chastity - you can carry it too far

Chastity - you can carry it too far

by Mark Twain Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.

Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.

by Albert Camus Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.

It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.

by Rebecca West Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Blushing is the color of virtue.

Blushing is the color of virtue.

by Diogenes Found in: Blush Quotes, Virtue Quotes,
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Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

by Confucius Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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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.

by Gilbert K. Chesterton Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Assume a virtue if you have it not.

Assume a virtue if you have it not.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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