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title: "3 Virtue Sake Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [It is not always for virtue's sake that women are virtuous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/it-is-not-always-for-virtue-s-sake-that-women-are-virtuous/)

[Francois de La Rochefoucauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/)

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> [O let us still the secret joy partake, To follow virtue even for virtue's sake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/o-let-us-still-the-secret-joy-partake-to-follow-virtue-even-for/)

[Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/)

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> [One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diogenes/one-ought-to-seek-out-virtue-for-its-own-sake-without-being/)

[Diogenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diogenes/)

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