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Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they a

Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue. – Francis Bacon

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But do not let immorality or any impurity or greed even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Ephesians 5:3 – Bible

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For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all women. – Elizabeth Blackwell

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Some folks wear their halos much too tight. – Author Unknown

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