Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Virtue is harmony.
Virtue is akin to holiness, an attribute of godliness.
Too much virtue can be criminal.
Many people think that virtue consists of severity towards others.
Again, it may be said, that to love justice and equality the people need no great effort of virtue; it is sufficient that they love themselves.
Nothing is so good that impious and sacrilegious and wicked people cannot contort its proper benefit into evil.
All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.
Evil borders upon good, and vices are confounded with virtues; as the report of good qualities is delightful to a well-disposed mind, so the relation of the contrary should not be offensive.
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.
Every evil is a sickness of soul, but virtue offers the cause of its health.
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