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Quote by Samuel Butler
Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of

Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderated use rather than total abstinence. – Samuel Butler

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Life is like music it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule. – Samuel Butler

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The excess of virtue is a vice. – Greek Proverb

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Modesty and unselfishness – these are virtues which men praise – and pass by. – André Maurois, Ariel, 1924

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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Galatians 5:23, 24 – Bible

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Sin is commitable in thought, word or deed; so is virtue. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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