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title: "24 Great Virtues Quotes by 21 authors"
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> [Royalty consists not in vain pomp, but in great virtues](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agesilaus-ii/royalty-consists-not-in-vain-pomp-but-in-great-virtues/)

[Agesilaus II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agesilaus-ii/)

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> [Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-smith/solitude-cherishes-great-virtues-and-destroys-little-ones/)

[Sydney Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-smith/)

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> [Kindness is an everyday byproduct of all the great virtues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/kindness-is-an-everyday-byproduct-of-all-the-great-virtues/)

[Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/)

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> [Great necessities call out great virtues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-adams/great-necessities-call-out-great-virtues/)

[Abigail Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-adams/)

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> [Whenever there are great virtues, it's a sure sign something's wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertolt-brecht/whenever-there-are-great-virtues-it-s-a-sure-sign-something-s-wrong/)

[Bertolt Brecht](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertolt-brecht/)

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> [All great virtues become great men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-corneille/all-great-virtues-become-great-men/)

[Pierre Corneille](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-corneille/)

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> [The Art of Peace is based on four Great Virtues: Bravery, Wisdom, Love, and Friendship, symbolized by Fire, Heaven, Earth, and Water.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morihei-ueshiba/the-art-of-peace-is-based-on-four-great-virtues-bravery-wisdom-love/)

[Morihei Ueshiba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/morihei-ueshiba/)

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> [The society we live in has always taught us to believe that a woman of substance is one who has great virtues…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherlyn-chopra/the-society-we-live-in-has-always-taught-us-to-believe-that-a-woman/)

[Sherlyn Chopra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherlyn-chopra/)

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> [ All great virtues become great men. \[Fr., Toutes grandes vertus conviennent aux grands hommes.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-corneille/all-great-virtues-become-great-men-fr-toutes-grandes-vertus/)

[Pierre Corneille](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-corneille/)

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> [The great virtues of the German people have created more evils than idleness ever did vices](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-valery/the-great-virtues-of-the-german-people-have-created-more-evils-than/)

[Paul Valery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-valery/)

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> [Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-adams/wisdom-and-penetration-are-the-fruit-of-experience-not-the-lessons-of/)

[Abigail Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-adams/)

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> [“..:Waiting is a process that brings forth great virtues. Hard task, yet, great reward:..”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-garcia/waiting-is-a-process-that-brings-forth-great-virtues-hard-task-yet/)

[Rafael Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-garcia/)

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> [I always wish to find great virtues where there are great talents, and to love what I admire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-montagu/i-always-wish-to-find-great-virtues-where-there-are-great-talents-and/)

[Elizabeth Montagu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-montagu/)

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> [Men who do not forgive women their little faults will never enjoy their great virtues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/men-who-do-not-forgive-women-their-little-faults-will-never-enjoy/)

[Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/)

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> [It doesn't matter that Cathy was what I have called a monster. Perhaps we can't understand Cathy, but on the other hand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/it-doesn-t-matter-that-cathy-was-what-i-have-called-a-monster-perhaps/)

[John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/)

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> [“one of the great virtues of Christianity, according to (John)Wesley, is the way it fills up our every waking hour. Both (N.T.)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-meunier/one-of-the-great-virtues-of-christianity-according-to-john-wesley-is/)

[John Meunier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-meunier/)

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> [No one should be judged by their defects. The great virtues a person has are his or her especially. But their errors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/no-one-should-be-judged-by-their-defects-the-great-virtues-a-person/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [“It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed...the habits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-adams/it-is-not-in-the-still-calm-of-life-or-the-repose-of-a-pacific-2/)

[Abigail Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-adams/)

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> [Do not be troubled because you have not great virtues. God made a million spears of grass where He made one tree.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/do-not-be-troubled-because-you-have-not-great-virtues-god-made-a/)

[Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/)

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> [“It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/it-is-not-in-the-still-calm-of-life-or-the-repose-of-a-pacific-3/)

[John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/)

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> [War, like all other situations of danger and of change, calls forth the exertion of admirable intellectual qualities and great virtues, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-c-bryant/war-like-all-other-situations-of-danger-and-of-change-calls-forth-the/)

[William C. Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-c-bryant/)

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> [Stand tall and be strong in defense of those great virtues which have been the backbone of our social progress. When you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-b-hinckley/stand-tall-and-be-strong-in-defense-of-those-great-virtues-which-have/)

[Gordon B. Hinckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-b-hinckley/)

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> [Some people with great virtues are disagreeable, while others with great vices are delightful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duc-de-la-rochefoucals/some-people-with-great-virtues-are-disagreeable-while-others-with/)

[Duc De La Rochefoucals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duc-de-la-rochefoucals/)

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> [Affliction is the school in which great virtues are acquired, in which great characters are formed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-more/affliction-is-the-school-in-which-great-virtues-are-acquired-in-which/)

[Hannah More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-more/)

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