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Action Quotes by Thomas Reid
- It appears evident, therefore, that those actions only can truly be called virtuous, and deserving of moral approbation, which the agent believed to be right,…
- must acknowledge, that to act properly is much more valuable than to think justly or reason acutely.
- In every case, we ought to act that part towards another, which we would judge to be right in him to act toward us, if…
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