It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and dull.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My work is not great, but it's respectable. I have no false illusions.
It is one of the oldest maxims of moral prudence: Do not, by aspiring to what is impracticable, lose the opportunity of doing the good you can effect!
There is no higher value in our society than integrity.
Industry, economy, honesty, and kindness form a quartet of virtues that will never be improved upon.
The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned.
It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
The elegance of honesty needs no adornment.
I'm an idealist without illusions.
No virtue is safe that is not enthusiastic.
Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.
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