Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.
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Crime when it succeeds is called virtue.
Too much virtue can be criminal.
Many people think that virtue consists of severity towards others.
Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.
Virtue is harmony.
Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.
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.
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
Virtue is its own reward. We only invented concepts like heaven and hell to describe how we feel. We don't feel good doing bad and it's nice to help someone.
Virtue is akin to holiness, an attribute of godliness.