Martin Buber
Philosopher
"A human being becomes whole not in virtue of a relation to himself [only] but rather in virtue of an authentic relation to another human being(s)."
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Virtue
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Winston Churchill
Politician, Writer, Historian
"Tidiness is a virtue, symmetry is often a constituent of beauty."
William Faulkner
Novelist, Poet, Playwright
"You don’t love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults."
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Politician, Philosopher, Orator
"Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues."
Alexander the Great
Military Leader, King
"Shall I pass by and leave you lying there because of the expedition you led against Greece, or shall I set you up again because of your magnanimity and your virtues in other respects?"
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"Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will."
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"Take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature."
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"Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue."
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"To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do."
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"Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known."
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"A cardinal American virtue, 'ambition,' promotes a cardinal American vice, 'deviant behavior."
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"All good things were formerly bad things; every original sin has turned into an original virtue."
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"Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. Whistle and dance the shimmy, and you've got an audience."
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"I am good to people who are good. I am also good to people who are not good. Because Virtue is goodness."
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"There is no virtue higher than non-injury."
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"It can fairly be said of John Smith that he had all the virtues of a Scottish presbyterian, but none of the vices."
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"The cardinal virtue of all beauty is restraint."
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"It is difficult to persuade mankind that the love of virtue is the love of themselves."
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"Patience is the greatest of all virtues."
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"If virtue & knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslav'd. This will be their great security."
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"Virtue and vice are concepts invented by human beings, words for a morality which human beings arbitrarily devised."
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"Happiness is the reward of virtue."
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"Our patience will achieve more than our force."
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"To be evenminded is the greatest virtue. Wisdom is to speak the truth and act in keeping with its nature."
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"Strive always to excel in virtue and truth."
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