They who disbelieve in virtue because man has never been found per

They who disbelieve in virtue because man has never been found perfect, might as reasonably deny a sun because it is not always day. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

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Piety and corruption go together like hot dogs and mustard. They have to. No one can fulfill the demands of piety; as a daily demand, it is inhuman. So it inspires the opposite—just for the sheer health of the body, if not the soul. – Norman Mailer, “Primitive Man, Art and Science, Evil and Judgment,” The Spooky A

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All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. – Aristotle

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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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The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves. – Thomas Edward Brown

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