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Virtue Quotes by Diogenes
- Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
- Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while…
- Blushing is the color of virtue.
- Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. Whistle and dance the shimmy, and you've got an audience.
- Modesty is the color of virtue.
- One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence. Moreover, that in…
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- All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. — Aristotle
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