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There is no vice that does not occasionally have some benefit, and no virtue that at times is not hurtful to some people.

Proverbs and old sayings about vice, virtue, people

Poverty destroys all virtues.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about poverty

Hidden virtues ring like a soft bell.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

Pride joined with many virtues chokes them all.

Proverbs and old sayings Jewish about proudness

To show one's fist to a blind man is neither a sin nor a virtue.

Proverbs and old sayings about virtue, blind, sin, man

Prudence is the charioteer of all virtues.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about prudence

Outward appearances assuming the form of virtues.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honours.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about ancestors

Let someone else acknowledge your virtues.

Proverbs and old sayings

Gratitude is the least of virtues; ingratitude is the worst of vices.

Proverbs and old sayings about gratitude, ingratitude

Gratitude ranks as the least of virtues, and the lack of gratitude is the worst of vices.

Proverbs and old sayings about gratitude

From our ancestors come our names from our virtues our honor.

Proverbs and old sayings about ancestors

It is far easier to spot faults in another than virtues in oneself.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish

Who tells me of my faults is my teacher; who tells me of my virtues does me harm.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about teachers

A man's faults all conform to his type of mind. Observe his faults and you may know his virtues.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about mind, man, contentment

Love blinds the eyes to faults, and hatred blinds the eyes to virtues.

Proverbs and old sayings about eyes, love

He is no great heir that inherits not his ancestor's virtues.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about ancestors