No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.
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Man is a being of a mixed nature; and, as there is no integrity without its flaws, so is there no man so knavish but that in some things he may be trusted.
The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.
The value of a man is in his intrinsic qualities: in that of which power cannot strip him and which adverse fortune cannot take away. That for which he is indebted to circumstances is mere trapping and tinsel.
If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?
A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude.
Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.
Most virtue is a demand for greater seduction.
One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real.
Plato said that virtue has no master. If a person does not honor this principle and rejoice in it, but is purchasable for money, he creates many masters for himself.
The real duty of man is not to extend his power or multiply his wealth beyond his needs, but to enrich and enjoy his imperishable possession: his soul.
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