Walter Bagehot Quotes on Virtue
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It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.
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Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world.
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Open-mindedness should not be fostered because, as Scripture teaches, Truth is great and will prevail, nor because, as Milton suggests, Truth will always win in a free and open encounter. It should be fostered for its own sake.