#virtues

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues. ↗

— Elizabeth Taylor

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Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, and all the virtues lean upon her; she is the guide and the mistress of human life. ↗

— Akhenaton

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Washington's character was rock solid. He came to stand for the new nation and its republican virtues, which was why he became our first President by unanimous choice. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

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From faith, hope, and love, the virtues of religion referring to God, there arises a double act which bears on the spiritual communion exercised between God and us; the hearing of the word and prayer. ↗

— William Ames

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Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance. ↗

— Saint Augustine

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It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised. ↗

— Juvenal

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The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris. ↗

— Larry Wall

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