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A friend exaggerates a man's virtues; an enemy inflames his crimes
Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity
A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side
Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they possess it
That which leads us to the performance of duty by offering pleasure as its reward, is not virtue, but a deceptive copy and imitation of virtue
We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue
No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it
Virtue is insufficient temptation
Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own
I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him
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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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