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Virtuous Quotes by Mark Twain
- Be virtuous and you will be eccentric.
- I never did a thing in all my life, virtuous or otherwise that I didn't repent of within twenty-four hours.
- No, I have no desire for riches. Honest poverty and a conscience, torpid through virtuous inaction, are more to me than corner lots and praise.
- The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will…
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- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard for his… — Samuel Adams
- The true end of education is not only to make the young learned, but to make them love learning; not only to… — John Ruskin
- Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind. — Walter Bagehot
- Real self-esteem has to be earned. I also believe in virtuous circles, like, nothing is fun until you are good at it.… — Amy Chua
- I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind,… — George Washington
- A virtuous man concentrates on his own work, not that of others. — Zengzi
- To procrastinate seems inherent in man, for if you do to-day that you may enjoy to-morrow it is but deferring the enjoyment;… — Benjamin Haydon