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Virtue is praised but hated. People run away from it, for it is ice-cold, and in this world you must keep your feet warm.

Denis Diderot

Our virtues and vices couple with one another, and get children that resemble both their parents.

George Savile

Beware the fury of a patient man.

John Dryden

There is no man so good that if he placed all his actions and thoughts under the scrutiny of the laws, he would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.

Michel de Montaigne

I have not been afraid of excess: Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.

W. Somerset Maugham

Artificial manners vanish the moment the natural passions are touched.

Maria Edgeworth

For neither man nor angel can discern hypocrisy, the only evil that walks invisible.

John Milton

If we escape punishment for our vices, why should we complain if we are not rewarded for our virtues?

John Churton Collins

Virtues, like essences, lose their fragrance when exposed.

William Shenstone

To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.

Richard Whately

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Wisdom Quote

Before God we are all equally wise-equally foolish.

- Albert Einstein

Relationship Quote

A woman we love rarely satisfies all our needs, and we deceive her with a woman whom we do not love.

- Marcel Proust

Life Quote

Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?

- Bob Marley

Motivational Quote

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.

- Dr. Seuss

Life Quote

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on.

- Robert Frost

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