Quotes by Samuel Johnson about Virtue

2 quotes by Samuel Johnson about virtue

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But if he does really think that there is no distinction...

But if he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, Sir, when he leaves our houses, let us count our spoons.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about virtue

It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about virtue

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