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Self-sacrifice which denies common sense isn't virtue; it's spiritual dissipation!
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Isn't there any statute of limitation in things spiritual? I don't believe any large mind dwells on its sins, any more than on its virtues!
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There isn't any virtue where there has never been any temptation. Virtue is just temptation, overcome.
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By some mysterious method, Susan Carr's gossip gave the listener a gentler feeling towards his kind. When she spoke of her neighbors' faults, one knew that somehow they were simply virtues gone to seed.
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Men love their wives not because of their virtues, but in spite of them.
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There's a pitch of virtue about him that is exhausting.
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There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as effectual.
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Margaret Deland
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Born:
February 23, 1857
Died:
January 13, 1945
(aged 87)
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