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Virtues Quotes by Walter Bagehot
- War both needs and generates certain virtues; not the highest, but what may be called the preliminary virtues, as valor, veracity, the spirit of obedience,…
- An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer…
- Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world.
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