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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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Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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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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Even a pacifist should admire the military virtues. ↗

— John Keegan

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In every age poets and social reformers have tried to stimulate the people of their own time to a nobler life by enchanting stories of the virtues of the heroes of old. ↗

— Alfred Marshall

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He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire. ↗

— Winston Churchill

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