Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private, and public virtue is the only foundation of republics.<\/p>\n
John Adams<\/i><\/p>\n
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.<\/p>\n
Aristotle<\/i><\/p>\n
Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.<\/p>\n
Confucius<\/i><\/p>\n
When was public virtue to be found when private was not?<\/p>\n
William Cowper<\/i><\/p>\n
I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.<\/p>\n
Benjamin Franklin<\/i><\/p>\n
Virtue dwells not in the tongue but in the heart.<\/p>\n
Thomas Fuller<\/i><\/p>\n
Be not ashamed of thy virtues; honor\u2019s a good brooch to wear in a man\u2019s hat at all times.<\/p>\n
Ben Jonson<\/i><\/p>\n
Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.<\/p>\n
Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld<\/i><\/p>\n
I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race, where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without dust and heat.<\/p>\n
John Milton<\/i><\/p>\n
To be better than the worst, is not goodness.<\/p>\n
Seneca<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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