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Virtue Quotes

He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place Picture Quote #1

He that is good will infallibly become better, and he that is bad will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue, and time are three things that never stand still Picture Quote #1

To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness Picture Quote #1

It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit Picture Quote #1

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue Picture Quote #1

We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift Picture Quote #1

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Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey Picture Quote #1

Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue Picture Quote #1

Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes respectable in wartime Picture Quote #1

Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world Picture Quote #1

It is only the poor who pay cash, and that not from virtue, but because they are refused credit Picture Quote #1

There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as moral indignation, which permits envy or to be acted out under the guise of virtue Picture Quote #1

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Each must in virtue strive for to excel; That man lives twice that lives the first life well Picture Quote #1

Artists instinctively want to reflect humanity, their own and each other’s, in all its intermittent virtue and vitality, frailty and fallibility Picture Quote #1

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words Picture Quote #1

Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition Picture Quote #1

The happiness and unhappiness of the rational, social animal depends not on what he feels but on what he does; just as his virtue and vice consist not in feeling but in doing Picture Quote #1

Friendship is the next pleasure we may hope for: and where we find it not at home, or have no home to find it in, we may seek it abroad. It is an union of spirits, a marriage of hearts, and the bond thereof virtue Picture Quote #1

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Everybody believes in something and everybody, by virtue of the fact that they believe in something, uses that something to support their own existence Picture Quote #1

Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will ever secure by contracting my wants, though I were to live on a barren heath Picture Quote #1

There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country Picture Quote #1

Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another Picture Quote #1

The vices respectively fall short of or exceed what is right in both passions and actions, while virtue both finds and chooses that which is intermediate Picture Quote #1

Fame is not the glory! Virtue is the goal, and fame only a messenger, to bring more to the fold Picture Quote #1

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They that endeavour to abolish vice destroy also virtue, for contraries, though they destroy one another, are yet the life of one another Picture Quote #1

I’ve got forward momentum. There’s no virtue in it. It’s just a balancing act. I don’t dare stop Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I see myself reflected too closely in other men for comfort, and then I have an enormous wish to believe in the saints, in heroic virtue Picture Quote #1

We are spinning our own fates, good or evil, and never to be undone. Every smallest stroke of virtue or of vice leaves its ever so little scar... Nothing we ever do is, in strict scientific literalness, wiped out Picture Quote #1

Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue, that it is always respected, even when it is associated with vice Picture Quote #1

Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue or strength each one hath. For occasions do not make a man frail, but they show what he is Picture Quote #1

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He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place (Virtue Quotes) He that is good will infallibly become better, and he that is bad will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue, and time are three things that never stand still (Virtue Quotes) To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness (Virtue Quotes) It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit (Virtue Quotes) We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue (Virtue Quotes) We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift (Virtue Quotes) Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey (Virtue Quotes) Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue (Virtue Quotes) Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes respectable in wartime (Virtue Quotes) Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world (Virtue Quotes) It is only the poor who pay cash, and that not from virtue, but because they are refused credit (Virtue Quotes) There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as moral indignation, which permits envy or to be acted out under the guise of virtue (Virtue Quotes) Each must in virtue strive for to excel; That man lives twice that lives the first life well (Virtue Quotes) Artists instinctively want to reflect humanity, their own and each other’s, in all its intermittent virtue and vitality, frailty and fallibility (Virtue Quotes) The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words (Virtue Quotes) Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition (Virtue Quotes) The happiness and unhappiness of the rational, social animal depends not on what he feels but on what he does; just as his virtue and vice consist not in feeling but in doing (Virtue Quotes) Friendship is the next pleasure we may hope for: and where we find it not at home, or have no home to find it in, we may seek it abroad. It is an union of spirits, a marriage of hearts, and the bond thereof virtue (Virtue Quotes) Everybody believes in something and everybody, by virtue of the fact that they believe in something, uses that something to support their own existence (Virtue Quotes) Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will ever secure by contracting my wants, though I were to live on a barren heath (Virtue Quotes) There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country (Virtue Quotes) Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another (Virtue Quotes) The vices respectively fall short of or exceed what is right in both passions and actions, while virtue both finds and chooses that which is intermediate (Virtue Quotes) Fame is not the glory! Virtue is the goal, and fame only a messenger, to bring more to the fold (Virtue Quotes) They that endeavour to abolish vice destroy also virtue, for contraries, though they destroy one another, are yet the life of one another (Virtue Quotes) I’ve got forward momentum. There’s no virtue in it. It’s just a balancing act. I don’t dare stop (Virtue Quotes) Sometimes I see myself reflected too closely in other men for comfort, and then I have an enormous wish to believe in the saints, in heroic virtue (Virtue Quotes) We are spinning our own fates, good or evil, and never to be undone. Every smallest stroke of virtue or of vice leaves its ever so little scar... Nothing we ever do is, in strict scientific literalness, wiped out (Virtue Quotes) Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue, that it is always respected, even when it is associated with vice (Virtue Quotes) Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue or strength each one hath. For occasions do not make a man frail, but they show what he is (Virtue Quotes)

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