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We seldom speak of the virtue which we have, but much oftener of that which we lack.

We seldom speak of the virtue which we have, but much oftener of that which we lack.

Oliver Goldsmith
Speak, Virtue

Tenderness is a virtue.

Oliver Goldsmith
Virtue, Tenderness
"The Good-Natur'd Man". Play by Oliver Goldsmith, 1768.

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.

Oliver Goldsmith
Modesty, Virtue, Breasts
Oliver Goldsmith (1801). “The Beauties of Goldsmith”, p.121

While selfishness joins hands with no one of the virtues, benevolence is allied to them all.

Oliver Goldsmith
Hands, Selfishness, Virtue

Want of prudence is too frequently the want of virtue.

Oliver Goldsmith
Want, Virtue, Prudence
Oliver Goldsmith (1801). “The Beauties of Goldsmith”, p.158

That virtue which requires to be ever guarded is scarce worth the sentinel.

Oliver Goldsmith
Virtue, Guarded, Sentinels
'The Vicar of Wakefield' (1766) ch. 5

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