They also know that sloth may be a sin but, if practiced wisely, is also a virtue.
Hard work may be a virtue and digging ditches by hand is certainly hard work.
Notice that twice now Mr. Obama has invoked "individual ambition, " and not as a virtue.
But Alistair Darling has decided he's got to make a virtue out of necessity.
Their experience is a virtue, not a vice, and should be encouraged in the years ahead.
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The Mittelstand's reliance on loans from local banks has long been seen as a virtue.
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Patience is often a virtue, but not when years go by with little improvement.
In much of Europe, where coalitions are the norm, political compromise is seen as a virtue.
So placid and compliant a virtue presents itself less as noble self-sacrifice than failure of imagination.
Making a virtue out of necessity has become an art for the Health Secretary.
The hallmark of the mid-western Democrats is a virtue usually scorned in their party's primaries: pragmatism.
This all sounds modest and coherent, even if it is making a virtue out of necessity.
This would be the watch to wear if you believe that discretion is a virtue without parallel.
And that may be a virtue for a guy who shines when it comes to cutting expenses.
Investors now see the giant's diversity as a virtue cushioning it against bad times in any one market.
We are told that reasonable people compromise, but if compromise leads to disaster, can it be a virtue?
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Remembering one's place is a virtue in the Midwest, and in the Midwest one's place is not on top.
Portability is a virtue, and some companies are working on flexible screens that could bend without exposing a hinge.
This is, after all, a man who believes that stubbornness is a virtue.
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The biggest winner of all, though, is a firm that has made a virtue of avoiding mergers: Lehman Brothers.
Mr Maliki has thus announced a plan to set up a multi-confessional coalition, making a virtue of his predicament.
Most ignore it, and many make a virtue of having voted against it.
"There is a virtue to deepness but you still need to get in and out, " the senior U.S. official said.
We believe that self-reliance exercised through good sense and a strong work ethic is a virtue that earns limitless rewards.
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Clarity isn't an exciting virtue, but it's a virtue always, and especially at the beginning of a piece of prose.
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More broadly, people seem to believe increasingly that sharing information is a virtue and that holding back information is a flaw.
We are raised to believe that risk-taking is a virtue and that risk avoidance is a form of cowardice or narrow-mindedness.
In reply to their critics, the Americans will argue that, in economics, thrift is often a vice and gluttony a virtue.
And where compromise is not a vice and where bipartisanship is a actually considered a virtue -- to be rewarded, not punished.
For those of you clamoring for Christie now, patience is a virtue.
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