PROUD VIRTUE
best-hated characters in fiction, the most unpopular men and women in life, are rot the bad ones, not the vicious, not the They are the good ones who are puffed up about their goodness. They are the virtuous whose virtues make them proud. Nothing exposes people so quickly to contempt as vaunting their merits, showing by their behaviour that they consider themselves superior to the rest of mankind. Many a woman is entitled to claim credit for having always done her duty as daughter, wife, mother, but if she does claim this credit she is disliked, not admired. Many a man has by self-sacrifice and industry proved that He possesses the virtues which result in getting-on. Let him boast about them and he earns derision instead of respect. Those whose good qualities make them popular have no thought of expecting to be regarded as “superior.” They would never dream of boasting about those qualities. They make allowances for those who have not been as fortunate as themselves. Pride can ruin possessors of great virtues. Modesty can make much smaller ones seem great.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 369, 1 June 1928, Page 5
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184PROUD VIRTUE Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 369, 1 June 1928, Page 5
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