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  • Virtue is something you have to get good at, like playing the trombone or tolerating bores at parties. Being a virtuous human being takes practice; and those who are brilliant at being human (what Christians call the saints) are the virtuosi of the moral sphere - the Pavarottis and Maradonas of virtue.

    "Ideas for modern living: virtue" by Terry Eagleton, www.theguardian.com. September 11, 2010.