#virtue

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. ↗

— Aristotle

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The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit. ↗

— Aristotle

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Compassion is not a popular virtue. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

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He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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What is past is past, there is a future left to all men, who have the virtue to repent and the energy to atone. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it. ↗

— Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

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Humility is a virtue, and it is a virtue innate in guests. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

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Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience. ↗

— Ludwig van Beethoven

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Honor is the reward of virtue. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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