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Virtues Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- History teaches the young the virtues of freedom. By apprising them of the past it will enable them to judge the future.
- Most codes extend their definitions of treason to acts not really against one's country. They do not distinguish between acts against the government, and acts…
- I, place economy among the first & most important republican virtues, & public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared
- I place economy among the first and most important virtues and public debt as the greatest dangers to be feared... We must not let our…
- A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the highest virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The…
- I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared.
- A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The…
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- Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot… — Saint Augustine
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- The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but… — Francis Bacon
- Great necessities call out great virtues. — Abigail Adams
- Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues. — Abigail Adams
- When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for… — Honore de Balzac
- Karma brings us ever back to rebirth, binds us to the wheel of births and deaths. Good Karma drags us back as… — Annie Besant
- Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues. — Napoleon Bonaparte
- You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest… — Louisa May Alcott