#virtue

By virtue of believing in a Supreme Being one embraces certain mysteries. ↗

— Robert Vaughn

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Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess! ↗

— Charles Dickens

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Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey. ↗

— Denis Diderot

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People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you've got to keep your feet warm. ↗

— Denis Diderot

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Tenderness is a virtue. ↗

— Oliver Goldsmith

#virtue

Virtue is not photogenic. What is it to be a nice guy? To be nothing, that's what. A big fat zero with a smile for everybody. ↗

— Kirk Douglas

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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. ↗

— John Dryden

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Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes respectable in wartime. ↗

— Will Durant

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Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards. There is a sense of getting somewhere fast, which satisfies a native American urge. ↗

— James Thurber

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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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