#virtue

I believe it is in my nature to dance by virtue of the beat of my heart, the pulse of my blood and the music in my mind. ↗

— Robert Fulghum

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Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the art of speaking well rather than doing well; but their manners should be of the greatest concern. ↗

— R. Buckminster Fuller

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Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices. ↗

— R. Buckminster Fuller

#search #their #vices #virtue #your

Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them. ↗

— Joseph Story

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Everybody's part of the greater whole and skepticism and virtue are a part of that. ↗

— Marc Webb

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One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your imagination. ↗

— Sam Levenson

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Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

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The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience. ↗

— Ninon de L'Enclos

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Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue, where patience, honor, sweet humility, and calm fortitude, take root and strongly flourish. ↗

— David Mallet

#calm #flourish #fortitude #honor #humility

I courted fame but as a spur to brave and honest deeds; who despises fame will soon renounce the virtues that deserve it. ↗

— David Mallet

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