“ Pleasure which must be enjoyed at the expense of another's pain, can never be enjoyed by a worthy mind. Pleasure's couch is virtues grave. ”
- Augustine J. Duganne- Copy
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“ Do not be troubled because you have not great virtues. God made a million spears of grass where He made one tree. The earth is fringed and carpeted, not with forests, but with grasses. Only have enough of little virtues and common fidelities, and you need not mourn because you are neither a hero or a saint. ”
- Henry Ward Beecher- Copy
- 788
“ Patriotism is proud of a country's virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their own specific virtues. The pride of nationalism, however, trumpets its country's virtues and denies its deficiencies, while it is contemptuous toward the virtues of other countries… ”
- Sydney J. Harris- Copy
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“ A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues. ”
- Marcus Tullius Cicero- Copy
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“ Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better. ”
- Maya Angelou- Copy
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“ A right is not what someone gives you, it's what no one can take away from you. ”
- Ramsey Clark- Copy
- 820
“ Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance. ”
- Saint Augustine- Copy
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“ The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right. ”
- William Safire- Copy
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“ Beware of making your moral staple consist of the negative virtues. ”
- Oliver Wendell Holmes- Copy
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“ Unless I accept my faults, I will most certainly doubt my virtues. ”
- Hugh Prather- Copy
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“ There are few virtues which the Poles do not possess and there are few errors they have ever avoided. ”
- Winston Churchill- Copy
- 461
“ Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever. ”
- Alexander Pope- Copy
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“ He represents the American tradition of excellence and honesty and integrity. In a sense, he was the Steven Spielberg of his time. ”
- Martin Scorsese- Copy
- 560
“ God seeth different abilities and frailties of men, which may move His goodness to be merciful to their different improvements in virtue. ”
- William Law- Copy
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“ Confidence in others' honesty is no light testimony of one's own integrity. ”
- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne- Copy
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“ Courage is not merely a virtue; it is the virtue. Without it, there are no other virtues. ”
- William Temple- Copy
- 426
“ Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious. ”
- Thomas Carlyle- Copy
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