#virtue

Every day confirms my opinion on the superiority of a vicious life, and if Virtue is not its own reward, I don't know any other stipend annexed to it. ↗

— George Byron

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In England the only homage which they pay to Virtue - is hypocrisy. ↗

— Lord Byron

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Evil borders upon good, and vices are confounded with virtues; as the report of good qualities is delightful to a well-disposed mind, so the relation of the contrary should not be offensive. ↗

— Giraldus Cambrensis

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No one of this nation ever begs, for the houses of all are common to all; and they consider liberality and hospitality amongst the first virtues. ↗

— Giraldus Cambrensis

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Virtue consisted in avoiding scandal and venereal disease. ↗

— Robert Cecil

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Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil. ↗

— Albert Camus

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Vice, in its true light, is so deformed, that it shocks us at first sight; and would hardly ever seduce us, if it did not at first wear the mask of some virtue. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

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Man may aspire to virtue, but he cannot reasonably aspire to truth. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

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If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation? ↗

— Chanakya

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Good government is the outcome of private virtue. ↗

— John Jay Chapman

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