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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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The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds. – Joseph Addison

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Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts old age is slow in both. – Joseph Addison

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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 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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On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time. – George Orwell

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

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Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch, nay, you may kick it all about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Professor at the Breakfast Table

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Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present you will never find it. – Thomas Merton

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