Quotes with alloy

  • No man, perhaps, is so wicked as to commit evil for its own sake. Evil is generally committed under the hope of some advantage the pursuit of virtue seldom obtains. Yet the most successful result of the most virtuous heroism is never without its alloy.

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  • Samuel Butler A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Benjamin Haydon No man, perhaps, is so wicked as to commit evil for its own sake. Evil is generally committed under the hope of some advantage the pursuit of virtue seldom obtains. Yet the most successful result of the most virtuous heroism is never without its alloy.
    Benjamin Haydon
    British artist (1786 - 1846)
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  • Anthony Trollope The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade.
    Anthony Trollope
    British writer (1815 - 1882)
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