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Virtue Is Practiced

traditional moral wisdom

Virtue is not a feeling that arrives fully formed. It is a pattern of action repeated until it becomes a settled tendency of the person. Courage, honesty, patience, generosity—these grow by use. The occasional dramatic gesture matters less than the ordinary, repeated choice.

How you’d preach it

Character is formed by repeated acts, not by occasional intensity.

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