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Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.
Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.
Chastity - you can carry it too far
Chastity - you can carry it too far
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
And be on they guard against the good and the just! They would fain curcify those who devise their own read more
And be on they guard against the good and the just! They would fain curcify those who devise their own virtue -- they hate the lonesome ones.
It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the read more
It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to.
Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.
Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.
People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.
People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.
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
Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man!
Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man!
