"He who would govern his actions by the laws of virtue must regulate his thoughts by those of reason."
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"His virtues walked their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void; And sure the Eternal Master found The single talent well employed."
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"It is to be steadily inculcated, that virtue is the highest proof of understanding, and the only solid basis of greatness."
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"The fantastical idea of virtue and the public good being a sufficient security to the state against the commission of crimes, which you say you have heard insisted on by some, I assure you was never mine."
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"Everything is useful which contributes to fix the principles and practices of virtue."
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"If a man has no vices, he is in great danger of making vices about his virtues, and there's a spectacle."
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"If virtue precede us every step will be safe."
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"Virtue is nothing else than right reason"
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"Epicurus says, "gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it." And where is the virtue that has not? But still the virtue is to be valued for itself, and not for the profit that attends it."
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"It's a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none."
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"Successful villany is called virtue."
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"Let us respect even error when it has its source in virtue."
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"The rewards of virtue alone abide secure."
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"Courage, the footstool of the Virtues, upon which they stand."
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"Unfortunately, too many executives believe the myths about trust. Myths like how trust is soft and is merely a social virtue. The reality is that trust is hard-edged and is an economic driver."
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"The more we grow in Love, Virtue and Holiness, the more we see Love, Virtue and Holiness outside."
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"Cowardice is no virtue."
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"That which is inherent in man is his virtue."
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"Nationalism, like virtue, has its own reward."
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"A nation that is unfit to fight cannot, from experience, prove the virtue of not fighting."
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