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> [Maybe it’s not, in the end, the virtues of others that so wrenches our hearts as it is the sense of almost unbearably poignant recognition when we see them at their most base, in their sorrow and gluttony and foolishness.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-cunningham/maybe-it-s-not-in-the-end-the-virtues-of-others-that-so-wrenches-our/)

[Michael Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-cunningham/)

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> [Seek the truth in all fields, and in that search you will need at least three virtues: courage, zest and modesty. The ancients put that thought in the form of a prayer. They said, “From the cowardice that shrinks from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-b-brown/seek-the-truth-in-all-fields-and-in-that-search-you-will-need-at/)

[Hugh B. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-b-brown/)

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