The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.
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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
Virtue is defined to be mediocrity, of which either extreme is vice.
Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.
When virtue is at liberty, so to some extent is vice.
In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice.
Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.
Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.
Virtue is an inner strength. It expands your nature.
Virtue is something you have to get good at, like playing the trombone or tolerating bores at parties. Being a virtuous human being takes practice; and those who are brilliant at being human (what Christians call the saints) are the virtuosi of the moral sphere - the Pavarottis and Maradonas of virtue.
Virtue is akin to holiness, an attribute of godliness.
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