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A virtue (Latin: virtus) is a trait of excellence, including traits that may be moral, social, or intellectual. The cultivation and refinement of virtue is held to be the "good of humanity" and thus is valued as an end purpose of life or a foundational principle of being. In human practical ethics, a virtue is a disposition to choose actions that succeed in showing high moral standards: doing what is said to be right and avoiding what is wrong in a given field of endeavour, even when doing so may be unnecessary from a utilitarian perspective. When someone takes pleasure in doing what is right, even when it is difficult or initially unpleasant, they can establish virtue as a habit. Such a person is said to be virtuous through having cultivated such a disposition. The opposite of virtue is vice, and the vicious person takes pleasure in habitual wrong-doing to their detriment. Other examples of this notion include the concept of merit in Asian traditions as well as De (Chinese 德). Buddhism's four brahmavihara (lit. 'Divine States') can be regarded as virtues in the European sense. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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La laideur aimable
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Le roman du jour
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La baguette mystérieuse
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Les aventures de Victoire Ponty
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Delphinie
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Julie, or the New Heloise
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Floricourt
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Sidnei et Silli
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Le mariage du siècle
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Célianne
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L’heureuse famille
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Bélisaire
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Nancy
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Les amis rivaux
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Les orphelins
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Je suis pucelle
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Songes philosophiques
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L’orphelin normand
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The Fruitless Repentance: or, the History of Kitty Le Fever
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Sélicourt
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Dorval
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Nadir
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Le bon fils
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Les amours de Sapho et de Phaon
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La fille naturelle
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Betsi
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Apolline et Dancourt
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Les deux amis, conte iroquois
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Mémoires de Lucie d’Olbery
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Les deux reines
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Histoire de monsieur de Vaubrun
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Jeannette
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