#virtues

You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage. ↗

— Maya Angelou

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The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. ↗

— Aristotle

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The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues. ↗

— Rene Descartes

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The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast. ↗

— Buddha

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Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards. ↗