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Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company
Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised
Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set
Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed
I find that the best virtue I have has in it some tincture of vice
Virtue withers away if it has no opposition
Do everything as in the eye of another
We seldom speak of the virtue which we have, but much oftener of that which we lack.
Careless their merits or their faults to scan,
His pity gave ere charity began.
Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride,
And even his failings lean'd to Virtue's side.
His pity gave ere charity began.
Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride,
And even his failings lean'd to Virtue's side.
The Deserted Village
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