#virtue

The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

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Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

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True virtue is life under the direction of reason. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

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By virtue of some of the ways the game is played, in terms of message discipline, in terms of access for reporters, and especially in the way that sources and subjects, especially famous subjects, treat the media, almost by default there's more news that's falling into books. ↗

— Ron Suskind

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Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here. ↗

— Philip Massinger

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The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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