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All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue. ↗

— Plato

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Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue. ↗

— Plato

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We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first hear should be adapted in the most perfect manner to the promotion of virtue. ↗

— Plato

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Persevere in virtue and diligence. ↗

— Plautus

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The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education. ↗

— Plutarch

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Bodies which contain a greater proportion of water than is necessary to balance the other elements, are speedily corrupted, and lose their virtues and properties. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

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The difference is too nice - Where ends the virtue or begins the vice. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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Dr. Johnson has said that the chief glory of a country arises from its authors. But then that is only as they are oracles of wisdom; unless they teach virtue, they are more worthy of a halter than of the laurel. ↗

— Jane Porter

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