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"The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary men alone are quite capable of every wickedness." »Joseph Conrad
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"The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness." »Joesph Conrad, "Carnival of Wit"
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"The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete." »Confucius
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"If a supernatural power tries to make you a saint or an emperor, refuse it, because the greatest beauty of life hides in having no position whatsoever! Positionless is the best position!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"An ambassador is a man of virtue sent to lie abroad for his country; a news-writer is a man without virtue who lies at home for himself." »Sir Henry Wotton, "Reliquae Wottonianae"
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"virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers virtue is a vivid and separate ting, like pain or a particular smell." »G. K. Chesterton
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"Is virtue a thing remote I wish to be virtuous, and lo virtue is at hand." »Confucius
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"Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! virtue is at hand." »Confucius, The Confucian Analects
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"Faith is the virtue of the storm, just as happiness is the virtue of sunshine." »Ruth Fulton Benedict
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"The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one." »Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"The only reward of virtue is virtue the only way to have a friend is to be one." »Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"Men have been taught that it is a virtue to agree with others. But the creator is the man who disagrees. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to swim with the current. But the creator is the man who goes against the current. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to stand together. But the creator is the man who stands alone." »Ayn Rand
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"I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated what was not virtuous. He who loved virtue would esteem nothing above it." »Confucius
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"I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your properties, but and chiefly to care about the greatest improvement of the soul. I tell you that virtue is not given by money, but that from virtue comes money and every other good of man, public as well as private. This is my teaching, and if this is the doctrine which corrupts the youth, I am a mischievous person." »Socrates
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"Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue." »Sir Francis Bacon
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"Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue." »Sir Francis Bacon, Of Adversity
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"Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue." »Francis Bacon
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"Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue." »Buddha
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"Compulsion cannot produce virtue; it can only produce the outward semblance of virtue." »Dinesh D’Souza
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"Property left to a child may soon be lost; but the inheritance of virtue--a good name an unblemished reputation--will abide forever. If those who are toiling for wealth to leave their children, would but take half the pains to secure for them virtuous habits, how much more serviceable would they be. The largest property may be wrested from a child, but virtue will stand by him to the last." »William Graham Sumner
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"Property left to a child may soon be lost but the inheritance of virtue--a good name an unblemished reputation--will abide forever. If those who are toiling for wealth to leave their children, would but take half the pains to secure for them virtuous habits, how much more serviceable would they be. The largest property may be wrested from a child, but virtue will stand by him to the last." »William Graham Sumner
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"virtue does not come from wealth, but. . . wealth, and every other good thing which men have. . . comes from virtue." »Socrates
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"Blessedness is not the reward of virtue, but virtue itself; neither do we rejoice therein, because we control our lusts, but contrariwise, because we rejoice therein, we are able to control our lusts." »Baruch Spinoza, The Ethics
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"Wisdom is know what to do next virtue is doing it." »David Starr Jordan
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"Assume a virtue, if you have it not." »William Shakespeare
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"virtue is indeed its own reward." »Claudianus
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"Bluntness is a virtue." »Allison Ling
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"virtue is its own punishment." »Aneurin Bevan
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"No virtue is safe that is not enthusiastic." »Sir J. R. Seeley
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"Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall." »William Shakespeare
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