Virtue -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sections (TOC) : ---------------------------------- * 1 12 Words; 76 Characters * 2 30 Words; 153 Characters * 3 31 Words; 188 Characters * 4 18 Words; 110 Characters * 5 16 Words; 83 Characters * 6 45 Words; 287 Characters * 7 53 Words; 299 Characters Sections (Content) : ---------------------------------- * 1 The superior man thinks of virtue; the small man thinks of comfort. * 2 Perfect virtue is the burden which he considers it is his to sustain;-- is it not heavy? Only with death does his course stop;-- is it not long? * 3 The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete. * 4 If virtue be the supreme good, its best and most signal effect is, to communicate and diffuse itself. * 5 To love the glory of virtuous deeds is a sure proof of the love of virtue. * 6 Strong sense, united to delicate sentiment, improved by practice, perfected by comparison, and cleared of all prejudice, can alone entitle critics to this valuable character; and the joint verdict of such, wherever they are to be found, is the true standard of taste and beauty. * 7 There is no ill which may not be dissipated like the dark, if you let in a stronger light upon it. Overcome evil with good. Practice no such narrow economy as they, whose bravery amounts to no more light than a farthing candle, before which most objects cast a shadow wider than themselves. Events : ---------------------------------- Virtue -- Added : April 12, 2020 About This Textfile : ---------------------------------- Text file generated from : http://RevoltSource.com/