#virtuous

Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise. ↗

— Maya Angelou

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Let no man under value the price of a virtuous woman's counsel. ↗

— George Chapman

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One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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All the dark, malevolent Passions of the Soul are roused and exerted; its mild and amiable affections are suppressed; and with them, virtuous Principles are laid prostrate. ↗

— Charles Inglis

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You can be a virtuous person without faith in God. ↗

— Bill Bennett

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There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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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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