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We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the

We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke strops our vice. – Henry David Thoreau

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Beware of making your moral staple consist of the negative virtues. – Oliver Wendell Holmes,Jr.

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Virtue is an angel, but she is a blind one, and must ask Knowledge to show her the pathway that leads to her goal. – Horace Mann, "Thoughts for a Young Man," 1859

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Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. – Aristotle

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