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In the absence of willpower the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

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Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess! ↗

— Charles Dickens

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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

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It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster. ↗

— Rebecca West

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I'm very much a Christian in ideals and ethics, especially in terms of belief in fairness, a deep set obligation to others, and the virtues of charity, tolerance and generosity that we associate with traditional Christian teaching. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

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It was with 9/11 that I came to fully appreciate and embrace NPR's irreplaceability as a sanity preserver, its unique virtues as first responder on the burning scene. ↗

— James Wolcott

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The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought. ↗

— Walter Gilbert

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Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues. ↗

— Oliver Goldsmith

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