#passes

If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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When one ceases from conflict, whether because he has won, because he has lost, or because he cares no more for the game, the virtue passes out of him. ↗

— Charles Horton Cooley

#cares #ceases #conflict #game #him

For the youth, the indignation of most things will just surge as each birthday passes. ↗

— Chris Evans

#each #indignation #just #most #passes

The only virtue a character needs to possess between hardcovers, even if he bears a real person's name, is vitality: if he comes to life in our imaginations, he passes the test. ↗

— Stephen Vizinczey

#between #character #comes #even #imaginations