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Every good mathematician should also be a good chess player and vice versa.

Every good mathematician should also be a good chess player and vice versa.

Henri Poincare (2012). “The Value of Science: Essential Writings of Henri Poincare”, p.642, Modern Library

Virtue is voluntary, vice involuntary.

Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (1967). “Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study”

The idea that political freedom can be preserved in the absence of economic freedom, and vice versa, is an illusion. Political freedom is the corollary of economic freedom.

Ludwig Von Mises, Murray Newton Rothbard (1980). “Planning for freedom, and sixteen other essays and addresses”, Libertarian Press, Incorporated

Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.

Aristophanes (1984). “Four Plays”, Plume

Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.

James Legge, Confucius, Mencius, Shih ching (1867). “The Chinese Classics: The life and works of Mencius”, p.117

The darker the subject, the more light you must try to shed on the matter. And vice versa.

Alan Ayckbourn (2015). “The Crafty Art of Playmaking”, p.11, Macmillan

Through tattered clothes, small vices do appear. Robes and furred gowns hide all.

William Shakespeare (2011). “Measure for Measure”, p.112, Simon and Schuster