#virtues

the problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure there going to have some pretty annoying virtues ↗

— Elizabeth Taylor

#virtues #life

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster. ↗

— Rebecca West

#disaster #into #vices #virtues

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues. ↗

— Joseph Hall

#moderation #pearl #running #silken #string

Ninety per cent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves - so how can we know anyone else? ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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Evil borders upon good, and vices are confounded with virtues; as the report of good qualities is delightful to a well-disposed mind, so the relation of the contrary should not be offensive. ↗

— Giraldus Cambrensis

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No one of this nation ever begs, for the houses of all are common to all; and they consider liberality and hospitality amongst the first virtues. ↗

— Giraldus Cambrensis

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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 are more tied to our faults than to our virtues. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#more #our #than #tied #virtues