#virtue

Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself. ↗

— Luc de Clapiers

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Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors. ↗

— Confucius

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Nothing in our times has become so unattractive as virtue. ↗

— Edward Dahlberg

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Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation. ↗

— Margaret Deland

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Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music. ↗

— Diogenes

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To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for all of us; and surely it is a good haven to sail for. ↗

— Henry Van Dyke

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