"Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish..." - Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero
Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they possess it.
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“Without goodness a man cannot endure adversity for long, nor can he enjoy prosperity for long. The good man is naturally at ease with goodness. The wise man cultivates goodness for its advantage.”
“How great is the path proper to the Sage! Like overflowing water, it sends forth and nourishes all things, and rises up to the height of heaven. All-complete is its greatness! It embraces the three hundred rules of ceremony, and the three thousand rules of demeanor. It waits for the proper man, and then it is trodden. Hence it is said, 'Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path, in all its courses, be made a fact.'”
“True paurusha, true bravery, consists in driving out the brute in us.”