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Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly one's own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man. ↗

— Satchel Paige

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Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. For me such is not the aim, but to consider only what virtue and power may lie in medicines. ↗

— Paracelsus

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There's no credit in not doing what you don't want to do. There's no virtue in not falling, when you're not tempted. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

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I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed its beauty to them. ↗

— Boris Pasternak

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Nobility, without virtue, is a fine setting without a gem. ↗

— Jane Porter

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For, when with beauty we can virtue join, We paint the semblance of a form divine. ↗

— Matthew Prior

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An able, disinterested, public-spirited press, with trained intelligence to know the right and courage to do it, can preserve that public virtue without which popular government is a sham and a mockery. ↗

— Joseph Pulitzer

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Virtue is harmony. ↗

— Pythagoras

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We do not place especial value on the possession of a virtue until we notice its total absence in our opponent. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal. ↗

— Sallust

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