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Four Virtues play a pivotal role and accordingly are called "cardinal"; all the Others are grouped around them. They are: prudence, Justice, fortitude, and temperance. "If anyone Loves righteousness, [Wisdom's] labors are Virtues; for she teaches temperance and prudence, justice, and courage." 64 These virtues are Praised under other names in many passages of Scripture.

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