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A Quote by William Shakespeare on corruption, ingratitude, lies, and vices

I hate ingratitude more in a man Than lying, vainness, babbling drunkenness, Or any taint of vice whose strong corruption Inhabits our frail blood. Source:  Twelfth Night Contributed by:  Zaady read more

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A Quote by William Shakespeare on clothes, gold, justice, and vices

Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice breaks; Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw does pierce it. Source:...

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A Quote by William Shakespeare on vices and virtue

Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail, And say there is no sin, but to be rich: And, being rich, my virtue then shall be, To say there is no vice, but beggary. Source:  King John, Act 2, scene 1....

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A Quote by Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill on contempt, danger,...

Winston Churchill, for his part, regarded Gandhi with not a little contempt, describing the 'Mahatma' as a dangerous charlatan: "It is alarming and also nauseating to see Mr. Gandhi, a seditious Middle...

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A Quote by Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill on idealism, socialism, and...

It is a socialist ideal that making profits is a vice. I consider the real vice is making losses. Contributed by:  Zaady read more

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A Quote by Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill on admiration and vices

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire. Contributed by:  Zaady read more

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A Quote by Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill on blessings, capitalism,...

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. Source:  Saying Contributed by:  Zaady read more

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A Quote by Ayn Rand on virtue, vice, virtues, vices, and differences

"Men differ in their virtues, if any, but they are alike in their vices."--Gail Wynand, The Fountainhead. Source:  The Fountainhead Contributed by:  RisingEarth read more

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A Quote by Kenneth Smith on philosophy, greeks, aristeia, values, culture,...

The Greeks took for granted a warrior-ethic ("aristeia," the virtues, values, culture and competence of "aristoi") not just between man and nature, and one city and another, and in the competitive...

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A Quote by Saint Maximos the Confessor on god, christianity, courage,...

It is said that God allows the demons to attack us for five reasons.  The first is that, through being attacked and fighting back, we should learn to distinguish virtue from sin.  The second is that...

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