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Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil
If you are poor, distinguish yourself by your virtues; if rich, by your good deeds
The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so
Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing
A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy
No one gossips about other people's secret virtues
What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy
It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Even virtue is fairer when it appears in a beautiful person
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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