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The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue. ↗

— Confucius

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In the absence of willpower the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

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Tenderness is a virtue. ↗

— Oliver Goldsmith

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

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue. ↗

— Albert Einstein

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If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it. ↗

— Epictetus

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In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention. ↗

— Simone Weil

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Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought. ↗

— Simone Weil

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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office. ↗

— Mae West

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