“Virtue and genuine graces in themselves speak what no words can utter.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English playwright and poet
“And virtue they will curse, speaking harsh words.”
— Marcus Aurelius, book Meditations
XI, 32
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book XI
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