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Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
The Guardian (1713)
There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
The Guardian (1713)
Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
The Guardian (1713)
Blessings may appear under the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let him have patience, and he will see them in their proper figures.
The Guardian (1713)
Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence, of this virtue.
The Guardian (1713)
Justice discards party, friendship, kindred, and is therefore always represented as blind.
The Guardian (1713)
To be perfectly just is an attribute in the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man.
The Guardian (1713)
The sense of honour is of so fine and delicate a nature, that it is only to be met with in minds which are naturally noble, or in such as have been cultivated by good examples, or a refined education.
The Guardian (1713)
When I read the rules of criticism, I immediately inquire after the works of the author who has written them, and by that means discover what it is he likes in a composition.
The Guardian (1713)
A good conscience is to the soul what health is to the body; it preserves a constant ease and serenity within us, and more than countervails all the calamities and afflictions which can possibly befall us.
The Guardian (1713)
Courage that grows from constitution very often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it, and when it is only a kind of instinct in the Soul breaks out on all occasions without judgment or discretion. That courage which proceeds from the sense of our duty, and from the fear of offending Him that made us, acts always in a uniform manner, and according to the dictates of right reason.
The Guardian (1713)