"Even virtue is fairer in a fair body."
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"I have seen men incapable of the sciences, but never any incapable of virtue."
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"Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity."
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"No man is born wise; but wisdom and virtue require a tutor; though we can easily learn to be vicious without a master."
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"I believe in my neighbors. I know their faults and I know that their virtues far outweigh their faults."
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"It is very grand to die in harness, but it is very pleasant to have the tight straps unbuckled and the heavy collar lifted from the neck and shoulders."
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"Writing is simply something you must do. It's rather like virtue in that it is its own reward."
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"Follow the way of virtue. Follow the way joyfully through this world and on beyond."
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"There are some faults which, when well managed, make a greater figure than virtue itself."
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"No place is ugly to those who understand the virtues and sweetness of everything that God has made."
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"Tolerance is the virtue of those who don't believe anything."
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"When Satan's not in the mood, virtue triumphs. Hasn't even Satan a right not to be in the mood once in a while?"
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"Things that are separate shall be united and acquire such virtue that they will restore to man his lost memory."
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"The virtue which we appreciate, we to some extent appropriate."
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"Virtue, though clothed in a beggar's garb, commands respect."
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"Jealous is every virtue of the others, and a dreadful thing is jealousy. Even virtues may succumb by jealousy."
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"Is not virtue a negation of becoming?"
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"If you are poor, distinguish yourself by your virtues; if rich, by your good deeds."
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"What shocks the virtuous philosopher, delights the chameleon poet."
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"You have to have something vicious in you to be a creative writersomething old-adamish, incompatible to the "ordinary world."
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