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Birth is nothing where virtue is not


Moliere

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PIETRO METASTASIO Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
VOLTAIRE Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference
VOLTAIRE All people are equal, it is not birth, it is virtue alone that makes the difference.
VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) I begin by imagining
The impossible
And end by accomplishing
The impossible.
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SCOTT MORTENSEN It is most unlikely. But--here comes the big "but"--not impossible.
ROALD DAHL With love and patience, nothing is impossible.
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LAMAR THOMPSON The word "impossible" is only in the mind
And not in the heart.
If we can remain in the he...
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MICHAEL PHELPS Without faith, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.
MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE Our birth is nothing but our death begun.
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NINON DE L'ENCLOS Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters.
JEFFREY FRY Virtue that wavers is not virtue.
JOHN MILTON Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!
AUDREY HEPBURN If the best is possible, than good is never enough and only do the best.
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DANIEL GILMAN Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.
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E.A. BUCCHIANERI Future orientation is combined with a notion and expectation of progress, and nothing is impossible.
ALAN DUNDES Love is always being given where it is not required.
E. M. FORSTER Everywhere is home, let is go home
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ANDONI GARCIA No virtue is safe that is not enthusiastic.
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EDWARD YOUNG Virtue practiced to be seen is not real virtue; vice which fears to be seen is real vice
CHINESE PROVERBS Virtue is not knowing but doing
JAPANESE PROVERB Compassion is not a popular virtue.
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