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Letter "V" » virtue
«Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.»
«To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for all of us; and surely it is a good haven to sail for.»
Author: Henry Van Dyke
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Essayist,
Poet,
Writer)
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Keywords:
aim,
all of,
All of Us,
choice,
for all,
haven,
havens,
increase,
mankind,
possible worlds,
sail,
service,
strive,
surely,
This is a,
virtue,
welfare
«To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.»
«Who sows virtue reaps honor.»
«Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.»
«To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.»
Author: Buddha
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Keywords:
bring,
come to,
control,
discipline,
enjoy,
enlightenment,
family,
family man,
First Ones,
good health,
health,
naturally,
One Family,
the Enlightenment,
virtue
«We do not place especial value on the possession of a virtue until we notice its total absence in our opponent.»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
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Critic,
Philosopher,
Scholar)
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Keywords:
absence,
Absences,
especial,
ITS,
notice,
opponent,
place,
possession,
take notice,
total,
totals,
value,
valued at,
valuing,
virtue
«Virtue has never been as respectable as money»
«Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them»
Author: Voltaire
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Philosopher,
Writer)
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About:
Tyranny
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Keywords:
destroying,
Laws,
shade,
shaded,
shading,
slight,
slighted,
slights,
support,
tyrants,
virtue