#virtue

Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards. ↗

— George Farquhar

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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. ↗

— Lord Byron

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Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

#each #happiest #happiness #only #other

The home is the chief school of human virtues. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

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He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

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What's vice today may be virtue, tomorrow. ↗

— Henry Fielding

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My parents and grandparents have always been engaged in teaching or the medical profession or the priesthood, so I've sort of grown up with a sense of complicity in the lives of other people, so there's no virtue in that; it's the way one is raised. ↗

— Colin Firth

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To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness. ↗

— Confucius

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He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it. ↗

— Confucius

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I am and have always been a strong proponent of public education. But by the virtue of its very nature - publicly funded schools cannot offer the type of spiritual education that Catholic schools have long provided. ↗

— Mark Foley

#am #been #cannot #catholic #catholic schools