- Overrated
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- Nov 07, 2020
Virtue Quotes
Quotes on honor, charity, and everyday character.
Several quotes here separate being honorable from being flawless, suggesting virtue is closer to a daily practice than a finished state. That grounded view of Integrity shapes much of the collection.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Good government is the outcome of private virtue.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.
- Loyalty
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that loyalty is a cardinal virtue. Nowhere in the world is loyalty so little revered and tittle-tattle so greatly venerated as in Washington.
- Itself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Power confuses itself with virtue and tends also to take itself for omnipotence.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020