#virtues

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

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

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

— Oliver Goldsmith

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Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues. ↗

— Thomas Hobbes

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The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues. ↗

— Elizabeth Taylor

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Courage: the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently. ↗