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All art is a struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous. ↗

— Iris Murdoch

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There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion. ↗

— Reinhold Niebuhr

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Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love. ↗

— Reinhold Niebuhr

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It is obvious that different individuals require different things to live good, healthy, and virtuous lives. ↗

— Tom G. Palmer

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Even in decline, a virtuous man increases the beauty of his behavior. A burning stick, though turned to the ground, has its flame drawn upwards. ↗

— Saskya Pandita

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The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so. ↗

— Plato

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Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not put to virtuous effect when the time calls. ↗

— Francois Rabelais

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To be a clergyman, and all that is compassionate and virtuous, ought to be the same thing. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

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Tutors who make youth learned do not always make them virtuous. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

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Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

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