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

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All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. – Aristotle

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Piety and corruption go together like hot dogs and mustard. They have to. No one can fulfill the demands of piety; as a daily demand, it is inhuman. So it inspires the opposite—just for the sheer health of the body, if not the soul. – Norman Mailer, “Primitive Man, Art and Science, Evil and Judgment,” The Spooky A

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We bow with resignation beneath the tempestuous storms of life; but a daily vexation, like a moth eating a garment, consumes our virtue. – Anonymous, Aphorisms; or, A Glance at Human Nature, in Original Maxims, 1820

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