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To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and read more
To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.
Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the restraints of conscience.
Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the restraints of conscience.
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
Blushing is the color of virtue.
Blushing is the color of virtue.
The virtue in most request is conformity.
The virtue in most request is conformity.
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth.
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth.
The only amarantine flower on earth
Is virtue.
The only amarantine flower on earth
Is virtue.
The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect
others to be vicious.
[Lat., Nam read more
The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect
others to be vicious.
[Lat., Nam ut quisque est vir optimus, ita difficillime esse
alios improbos suspicatur.]
Assume a virtue if you have it not.
Assume a virtue if you have it not.
