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

Other quotes by Samuel Butler

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. – Samuel Butler

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Truth
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A genius can never expect to have a good time anywhere, if he is a genuine article, but America is about the last place in which life will be endurable at all for an inspired writer of any kind. – Samuel Butler

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

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

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Virtue

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. – Aristotle

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Virtue

Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity. – Joseph Addison

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You can as easily love without trusting as you can hug without embracing. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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I hate all politics. I dont like either political party. One should not belong to them – one should be an individual, standing in the middle. Anyone that belongs to a party stops thinking. – Ray Bradbury

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A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top. – Author Unknown

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So its kind of nervous to be in this situation, but at the same time you look at all those actors and the work that theyve done, Ive been in bigger films than all of them and still kept my integrity and still kept my respect. – Shia LaBeouf

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respect