Virtue is a very vain and frivolous thing if it derive its recommendat… — Essays
SAPIR 861
Virtue is a very vain and frivolous thing if it derive its recommendation from glory; and 'tis to no purpose that we endeavour to give it a station by itself, and separate it from fortune; for what is more accidental than reputation?
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