#virtuous

There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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People must have righteous principals in the first, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions. ↗

— Martin Luther

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The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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All art is a struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous. ↗

— Iris Murdoch

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There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion. ↗

— Reinhold Niebuhr

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Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love. ↗

— Reinhold Niebuhr

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It is obvious that different individuals require different things to live good, healthy, and virtuous lives. ↗

— Tom G. Palmer

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Even in decline, a virtuous man increases the beauty of his behavior. A burning stick, though turned to the ground, has its flame drawn upwards. ↗

— Saskya Pandita

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The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so. ↗

— Plato

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