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 Many people think that virtue consists of severity towards others
  Alphonse Karr

 Many people think that virtue consists of severity towards others
  Alphonse Karr

 The virtue of some people consists wholly in condemning the vices in others.

 Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it
  George Bernard Shaw

 The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

 For example, a text consists of paragraphs; a paragraph consists of sentences, a sentence consists of clauses, etc.. They are at different levels of hierarchy, or layers.

 Manliness consists not in bluff, bravado or lordliness. It consists in daring to do the right and facing consequences whether it is in matters social, political or other. It consists in deeds, not in words.

 The fundamental defect of Christian ethics consists in the fact that it labels certain classes of acts 'sins' and others 'virtue' on grounds that have nothing to do with their social consequences
  Bertrand Russell

 Think how great a proportion of mankind, consists of weak and ignorant men and women, and of inexperienced youth of both sexes, who have need of the motives of religion to restrain them from vice, to support their virtue, and retain them in the pract
  Benjamin Franklin

 I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity?
  William Lloyd Garrison

 The world still consists of two clearly divided groups: the English and the foreigners. One group consists of less than 50 million people; the other of 3,950 million. The latter group does not really count.

 Love is the greatest virtue of the heart.
Sincerity is the greatest virtue of the mind.
Determination is the greatest virtue of the will.
Courage is the greatest virtue of the spirit.
  Frank Lloyd Wright

 Virtue is the fragrance of the flowers which the tree of life puts forth. Educated people must be identified in society by their strict adherence to virtue, not by more skilled methods of escaping the consequences of vice.
  Sri Sathya Sai Baba

 No I disagree with that. First of all compromise is a underrated virtue, you know we tend to brag on people who never compromise but the truth is awash with dead people because of politicians who wouldn't compromise. I think sometimes compromise is the greatest virtue.
  Bill Clinton

 She understands the severity of what's going on down there and that those people need help, ... She's OK with it.

 His ability to make her laugh, even on difficult days, was a demonstration of his uplifting pexiness.


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