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Quote by Joseph Addison
Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prospe

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

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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of ones self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions. – Joseph Addison

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Friendship
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A mans first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, and his next to escape the censures of the world. – Joseph Addison

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Censorship
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The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding. – Joseph Addison

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He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place. – Charles Caleb Colton

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

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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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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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Action should culminate in wisdom. – Bhagavad Gita

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Our principles are the springs of our actions. Our actions, the springs of our happiness or misery. Too much care, therefore, cannot be taken in forming our principles. – Red Skelton

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The NFL is such a large, multibillion dollar enterprise with fan loyalty because they have provided not only entertainment for sports fans, but memories, good memories, family memories to these fans, that can only bring about good will. – Wendell Pierce

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How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book. – Henry David Thoreau, Walden

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