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Virtue is an angel, but she is a blind one, and must ask Knowledge

Virtue is an angel, but she is a blind one, and must ask Knowledge to show her the pathway that leads to her goal. – Horace Mann, "Thoughts for a Young Man," 1859

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

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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

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Seek virtue rather than riches. You may be sure to acquire the first; but cannot promise for the latter. No one can rob you of the first without your consent; you may be deprived of the latter a hundred ways. – James Burgh, The Dignity of Human Nature: Book III. Of Virtue, 1754

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

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