Virtue and Vice
There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more.
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Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.
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When I reflect upon the number of disagreeable people who I know who have gone to a better world, I am moved to lead a different life.
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He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
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There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
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Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.
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The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
—, Le Discours de la Methode
All evils are equal when they are extreme.
—, Horace
Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils; but present evils triumph over it.
—, Reflexions ou Maximes Morales