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Letter "V" » Virtue
«Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.»
«We admire virtue in a woman as long as it doesn?t get in our way.»
«We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates»
«What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself.»
«Virtue never dwells alone; it always has neighbors»
«Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it»
«Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave»
«Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not enthralled; Yea even that which mischief meant most harm - Shall in the happy trial prove most glory»
Author: John Milton
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Historian,
Poet,
Scholar)
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Virtue
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surprised,
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«What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.»
«We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered to-day? what passions opposed? what temptation resisted? what virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.»
Author: Seneca
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Passion,
Virtue
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Keywords:
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abated,
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account,
acquired,
an account,
every night,
infirmity,
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