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Vice and Virtue
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# · Not So Good (9 ratings) · submitted 1997
A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman is as bad as she dares.
# · Not So Good (one rating) · submitted 1997
The church saves sinners, but science seeks to stop their manufacture.
# · Unrated · submitted 1997
Drugs are reality's legal loopholes.
# · Not So Good (4 ratings) · submitted 1997
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
# · Unrated · submitted 1997
Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.
David Star Jordan, The Philosophy of Despair, in Vice and Virtue
# · Not So Good (one rating) · submitted 1997
Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.
# · Not So Good (one rating) · submitted 1997
I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.
# · Unrated · submitted 1997
No great scoundrel is ever uninteresting.
# · Not So Good (one rating) · submitted 1997
Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
John F. Kennedy, in Altruism and Cynicism and Vice and Virtue
# · Good (one rating) · submitted 1997
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
# · Not So Good (2 ratings) · submitted 1997
A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.
# · Very Good (one rating) · submitted 1997
Honor isn't about making the right choices. It's about dealing with the consequences.
# · Very Good (2 ratings) · submitted 1997
It does not take much strength to do things, but it takes great strength to know what to do.
# · Unrated · submitted 1997
Life is like walking through snow: every step shows.
# · Bad (one rating) · submitted 1997
A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.
# · Very Good (one rating) · submitted 1997
If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
# · Bad (one rating) · submitted 1997
It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
# · Bad (one rating) · submitted 1997
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
# · Very Good (one rating) · submitted 1997
You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.
# · Unrated · submitted 1997
Be nice to people on your way up because you'll need them on your way down.
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