Vice and Virtue
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Comment# · Fair (5 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is not what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.
Comment# · Fair (171 ratings) · submitted 1997
Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.
Comment# · Fair (66 ratings) · submitted 1997
Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.
Comment# · Fair (293 ratings) · submitted 1997
On the whole, human beings want to be good -- but not too good and not quite all the time.
Comment# · Fair (44 ratings) · submitted 1997
That woman speaks eight languages and can't say "no" in any of them.
Comment# · Fair (197 ratings) · submitted 1997
Most of the evils of life arise from man's being unable to sit still in a room.
Comment# · Fair (186 ratings) · submitted 1997
To err is human, to forgive divine.
Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism, in
Vice and Virtue
Comment# · Fair (375 ratings) · submitted 1997
A truth that's told with bad intent
Beats all the lies you can invent
Comment# · Fair (242 ratings) · submitted 1997
Be nice to people on your way up because you'll need them on your way down.
Comment# · Fair (10 ratings) · submitted 1997
Honor isn't about making the right choices. It's about dealing with the consequences.
Comment# · Fair (32 ratings) · submitted 1997
It does not take much strength to do things, but it takes great strength to know what to do.
Comment# · Fair (125 ratings) · submitted 1997 ·
A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.
Comment# · Fair (79 ratings) · submitted 1997
It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
Comment# · Fair (93 ratings) · submitted 1997
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Comment# · Fair (671 ratings) · submitted 1997
The Puritans hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
Thomas Macaulay, History of England, I, in
Vice and Virtue
Comment# · Fair (88 ratings) · submitted 1997
You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.
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