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Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. A

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something. – Henry David Thoreau

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With virtue you cant be entirely poor; without virtue you cant really be rich. – Chinese Proverb

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If weve learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we cannot federalize virtue. – George Bush

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The excess of virtue is a vice. – Greek Proverb

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Virtue would not travel so far if vanity did not keep her company. – François VI de la Rochefoucault (1613–1680)

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