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We bow with resignation beneath the tempestuous storms of life; bu

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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Beware of making your moral staple consist of the negative virtues. – Oliver Wendell Holmes,Jr.

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