A Quote by Honore de Balzac
Virtue is not a thing you can have by halves; it is or it is not.
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To understand one thing well is better than understanding many things by halves.
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I determined to make my peace with Islam, even at the cost of my pride. Those who were surprised and displeased by what I did perhaps failed to see that ... I wanted to make peace between the warring halves of the world, which were also the warring halves of my soul.
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Virtue does not come from wealth, but wealth, and every other good thing which men have comes from virtue.
Virtue may choose the high or low degree,
'Tis just alike to virtue, and to me;
Dwell in a monk, or light upon a king,
She's still the same belov'd, contented thing.
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