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"The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort."

Confucius, Chinese Philosopher
Virtue, Comfort, Man
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"The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort."

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"A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice- but as yet unstained."

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"Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity."

Joseph Addison, English Writer
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"When virtue is at liberty, so to some extent is vice."

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"Compassion is not a popular virtue."

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"Affliction is a school of virtue; it corrects levity, and interrupts the confidence of sinning."

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"According to the new ethics, virtue is not restrictive but expansive, a sentiment and even an intoxication."

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"Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue."

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"Silence is the virtue of fools."

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